> David Daney wrote: > > Robert Kiesling wrote: > > > I trying to write a function that calls libc functions with > > > variable arguments - for example, scanf. I would like to do > > > this by pushing the arguments onto the stack and then calling > > > the function, something like this. (This code is for an x86 > > > machine.) > > > > > > static long long int scalar_args[512]; > > > static char *ptr_args[512][BUFSIZE]; > > > > Use libffi which ships with GCC. Doing things like this is what it was > > designed for. Libffi clobbers either the arguments or the stream argument (the first argument before the format string in functions like fprintf or sprintf). It should make a distinction whether the args or the stream are writeable or readable, and that, of course is the idea. Regards, Robert -- Ctalk Home Page: http://www.ctalklang.org/
