What I'm setting up is a formatting API for logging and want to pass parameters like printf is doing.
 
"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews@kangaroologic.com> wrote in message news:d6fsoa$5c4$1@sea.gmane.org...
> Tim Michals wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out how would you format the IDL function for a
> > general function like printf?
> >
> > For example
> > the function is printf( const char *fmt, ...)
> >
> > How you format the IDL function?
> > BOOST_IDL_FN1(formatMsg, const char *fmt)
>
> Function with variable numbers of arguments, and non-member functions, aren't
> (yet) supported. In fact, supporting functions with variable number of arguments
> never occurred to me. Also, when non-member functions are supported, they will
> have to have at least one parameter type related to the interface being defined.
>
> What's your intended use?
>
> Best,
> Jonathan