An example of use of varargs in C

Remember that arguments are passed on the stack. The va_start function contains the “magic” code to initialize the va_list with the correct stack pointer. It must be passed the last named argument in the function declaration or it will not work. What va_arg does is use this saved stack pointer, and extract the correct amount … Read more

What is the point of overloaded Convenience Factory Methods for Collections in Java 9

From the JEP docs itself – Description – These will include varargs overloads, so that there is no fixed limit on the collection size. However, the collection instances so created may be tuned for smaller sizes. Special-case APIs (fixed-argument overloads) for up to ten of elements will be provided. While this introduces some clutter in … Read more

Passing variable arguments to another function that accepts a variable argument list

You can’t do it directly; you have to create a function that takes a va_list: #include <stdarg.h> static void exampleV(int b, va_list args); void exampleA(int a, int b, …) // Renamed for consistency { va_list args; do_something(a); // Use argument a somehow va_start(args, b); exampleV(b, args); va_end(args); } void exampleB(int b, …) { va_list args; … Read more

Spread Syntax vs Rest Parameter in ES2015 / ES6

When using spread, you are expanding a single variable into more: var abc = [‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’]; var def = [‘d’, ‘e’, ‘f’]; var alpha = [ …abc, …def ]; console.log(alpha)// alpha == [‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’, ‘f’]; When using rest arguments, you are collapsing all remaining arguments of a function into one array: … Read more

How can I convert the “arguments” object to an array in JavaScript?

ES6 using rest parameters If you are able to use ES6 you can use: Rest Parameters function sortArgs(…args) { return args.sort(function (a, b) { return a – b; }); } document.body.innerHTML = sortArgs(12, 4, 6, 8).toString(); As you can read in the link The rest parameter syntax allows us to represent an indefinite number of … Read more