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authorEric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>2003-12-05 09:09:33 +0100
committerEric Botcazou <ebotcazou@gcc.gnu.org>2003-12-05 08:09:33 +0000
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extend.texi (Constructing Calls): Add warning about the limitations of the functions.
* doc/extend.texi (Constructing Calls): Add warning about the limitations of the functions. From-SVN: r74314
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@@ -884,6 +884,11 @@ and later return that value, without knowing what data type
the function tried to return (as long as your caller expects
that data type).
+However, these built-in functions may interact badly with some
+sophisticated features or other extensions of the language. It
+is, therefore, not recommended to use them outside very simple
+functions acting as mere forwarders for their arguments.
+
@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {void *} __builtin_apply_args ()
This built-in function returns a pointer to data
describing how to perform a call with the same arguments as were passed