We can create functions which use named parameters (only) for default values. This is a continuation of bk.'s answer.
#include <stdio.h>
struct range { int from; int to; int step; };
#define range(...) range((struct range){.from=1,.to=10,.step=1, __VA_ARGS__})
/* use parentheses to avoid macro subst */
void (range)(struct range r) {
for (int i = r.from; i <= r.to; i += r.step)
printf("%d ", i);
puts("");
}
int main() {
range();
range(.from=2, .to=4);
range(.step=2);
}
The C99 standard defines that later names in the initialization override previous items. We can also have some standard positional parameters as well, just change the macro and function signature accordingly. The default value parameters can only be used in named parameter style.
Program output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 3 4
1 3 5 7 9