curl-library
Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add some curl*va() API functions
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:11:08 +0100
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:42:39PM +0200, Ioan-Adrian Ratiu wrote:
> These API functions with a va_list parameter are in addition to the
> existing functions using "..." and are useful in case the library-caller is
> also a function getting "..." variable arguments, so the caller can pass its
> args to the library using the va-list. Doing this is impossible with the
> existing libcurl "..." functions because the caller has no way of passing
> its "..." args except by using a va_args list.
>
> Ioan-Adrian Ratiu (5):
> curl_easy_getinfo: Add va() API function
> curl_easy_setopt: Add va() API function
> curl_formadd: Add va() API function
> curl_multi_setopt: Add va() API function
> curl_share_setopt: Add va() API function
What would be the real-life use case for these? The "variable" argument list
in all but one of these functions isn't actually variable; there is exactly one
argument in each case. And there was a recent proposal to revamp the curl form
functions entirely: https://github.com/curl/curl/wiki/formpost-API-redesigned
>>> Dan
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Received on 2017-01-20