On Sun, 23 May 2004 15:01:04 -0700 don fisher <dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a call that can be made from within a function to determine > how many arguments have been passed to it? I feel such a call would be > of great assistance when used in conjunction with variable length > argument lists. In the "old days", VMS pushed a parameter count as > part of the call frame. You could even determine which variables were > null, since they always did call by reference and null parameters were > indicated by a zero address. > > Sorry if this is well known, or an invalid request for some reason. > thanks > don > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Don Fisher dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > | Steward Observatory | > | 933 N. Cherry Ave. VOICE: (520)621-7647 | > | University of Arizona FAX: (520)621-9843 | > | Tucson, AZ 85721 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > hi, one idea: try to compare esp, a stack pointer(x86, i'm not sure how ir would be on other platforms). Sure, this works when you know the size of variable, and they should be same type... Justinas.
