Re: [gtk-list] Why doesn't GTK+...

[Nils Philippsen <nils wombat dialup fht-esslingen de>]

Sorry, I just can't resist.

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Vomjom wrote:

> GTK+ allows one argument for functions like gtk_signal_connect()...
> why doesn't it allow multiple arguments using ellipses (...) as an
> argument? This could fit in many places, such as gtk_slist_append(),
> allowing you to append more than one thing at a time.

<SARCASM>
Maybe (just maybe) because varargs are such an easy thing to tamper with?
</SARCASM>

This would complicate things very much.

> 
> There could be two copies of the function allowing for backward
> compatibility. Doesn't the compiler choose which function to run based
> on the arguments?

<SARCASM>
Do we program C++ here or what?
</SARCASM>

Polymorphism isn't part of ANSI C.

Bye,
Nils
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