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[Bug target/14557] va_list is automatically taken address-of when passed as argument


------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk  2004-03-13 20:04 -------
Subject: Re:  va_list is automatically taken address-of
 when passed as argument

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, zack at codesourcery dot com wrote:

> &ap should always work; taking the address of an array produces a
> pointer to the array, which has a different type but the same value as
> the pointer to the first element that you get if you don't take the
> address.  You have to write *ap in the callee, is all.

The trouble is that in this example you're taking the address of a pointer
to the first element of the array (namely, the parameter declared with the
array type va_list which has pointer type because of the adjustment of
parameter types).



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