Variable number of arguments in C++?

Question

How can I write a function that accepts a variable number of arguments? Is this possible, how?

Answer 1

C-style variadic functions are supported in C++.

However, most C++ libraries use an alternative idiom e.g. whereas the 'c' printf function takes variable arguments the c++ cout object uses << overloading which addresses type safety and ADTs (perhaps at the cost of implementation simplicity).