Re: default function parameters

[_z33 <timid.Gentoo@gmail.com>]

Steve Graegert wrote:
> I have modified the code to clarify my thoughts:
> 
> 	#include <stdio.h>
> 
> 	/* prototype */
> 	void add(); /* call with arbitrary number of arguments */
> 
> 	void add (int a, int b, int c) {
> 		printf ("inside function: add(%d, %d)\n", a, b);
> 		return;
> 	}
> 
> 	int main (void) {
> 		/* call function add with some parameters */
> 		add(5, 1);
> 		getc(stdin);
> 
> 		return (0);
> 	}
> 
> Do you see the difference?  No warning is issued, because there is
> nothing wrong with it (it is not recommended by ANSI C99 but still
> valid).
> 

   Inside "main", did you mean to write the function call as " add (5, 
1, <some number>); ". Cos' when I copy the code, and try to run it, it 
throws me this error message during compilation.
   - too few arguments to function `add'-

>>  Am I fundamentally going wrong in my understanding of functions?
> 
> 
> No you're not.  You're just curious :-)

Thanks!


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