Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:00:38 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: '...' handling (with djgpp, although likely ubiquitous)...
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On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Gisle Vanem wrote:

> Incidently the va_end() macro does nothing on any platform I've
> seen. What's the story behind it?

Most platforms don't need it, but some do (those with weird stack 
architectures).  Its purpose is to restore the stack after va_arg has 
walked it.