Re: references and ellipsis

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From: Steve Clamage
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 12:34

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frigault@gla.ecoledoc.ibp.fr (Laurent FRIGAULT) writes:

>I discover a problem when trying to use a C++ reference to an object
>just before an ellipsis :

>int foo(const int& aInt,...){

According the draft standard, the results of using a reference
type as the last pararmeter before the ellipsis (...) are
undefined.  See section 18.7 "Other runtime support" [lib.support.runtime].
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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage)
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