From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2002-08-20T05:27:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't Have More Than 9 Mandatory/Optional Arguments in Ruby/C?

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:28:24PM +0900, William Djaja Tjokroaminata wrote:
> In rb_scan_args() the char *fmt is specified as a string containing zero,
> one, or two digits followed by some flag characters.  Does this plainly
> mean that we cannot have more than 9 mandatory arguments?

Well, you could change the definition of isdigit(), and then you can get
as many arguments as you want. :)

Or, you can scan the arguments yourself.  There's no written rule that
says you have to use rb_scan_args(); it's only there for convenience.

Paul