perlapi: s/encapsulated argument list/va_list/g #23747
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tonycoz
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The former terminology was what was long used in perlapi, but I never was happy with it. Tony Cook suggested va_list, which is standard terminology. There is even a Linux man page for it.
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The former terminology was what was long used in perlapi, but I never was happy with it. Tony Cook suggested va_list, which is standard terminology. There is even a Linux man page for it.