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by johndough 2041 days ago
In a similar spirit, overloading functions based on the number of parameters. Even works with tcc.

    #include <stdio.h>
    #define CONCAT2(a, b) a##b
    #define CONCAT(a, b) CONCAT2(a, b)
    #define COUNT_ARGS2(a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, N, ...) N
    #define COUNT_ARGS(...) COUNT_ARGS2(__VA_ARGS__, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
    #define foo(...) CONCAT(foo_, COUNT_ARGS(__VA_ARGS__))(__VA_ARGS__)

    void foo_1(const char *a){
        printf("one arg: %s\n", a);
    }

    void foo_2(int a, int b){
        printf("two args: %i and %i\n", a, b);
    }

    int main(){
        foo("asdf");
        foo(314159, 271828);
    }
Small gotcha: Does not work with zero parameters, but functions with zero parameters probably mess with global state and that's evil anyway.
1 comments

If other people use and debug your code please consider NOT using “#define” meta programming. They are a nightmare to debug.