Variable number of parameters in function in C++

These are called Variadic functions. Wikipedia lists example code for C++.

To portably implement variadic
functions in the C programming
language, the standard stdarg.h header
file should be used. The older
varargs.h header has been deprecated
in favor of stdarg.h. In C++, the
header file cstdarg should be used.

To create a variadic function, an
ellipsis (...) must be placed at the
end of a parameter list. Inside the
body of the function, a variable of
type va_list must be defined. Then the
macros va_start(va_list, last fixed
param)
, va_arg(va_list, cast type),
va_end(va_list) can be used. For
example:

#include <stdarg.h>

double average(int count, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    int j;
    double tot = 0;
    va_start(ap, count); //Requires the last fixed parameter (to get the address)
    for(j=0; j<count; j++)
        tot+=va_arg(ap, double); //Requires the type to cast to. Increments ap to the next argument.
    va_end(ap);
    return tot/count;
}

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