Conditional macro based on number of passed arguments

C_conditional_macro.c

// This is a way of executing a different macro based on the number of argument
// passed to a macro with variable arguments. Essentially this is a way of
// executing macros conditionally even though C doesn't support using #if inside
// a macro definition.
//
// Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3046889/optional-parameters-with-c-macros

// The multiple macros that you would need anyway [as per: Crazy Eddie]
#define XXX_0()                     <code for no arguments> 
#define XXX_1(A)                    <code for one argument> 
#define XXX_2(A,B)                  <code for two arguments> 
#define XXX_3(A,B,C)                <code for three arguments> 
#define XXX_4(A,B,C,D)              <code for four arguments>  

// The interim macro that simply strips the excess and ends up with the required macro
#define XXX_X(x,A,B,C,D,FUNC, ...)  FUNC  

// The macro that the programmer uses 
#define XXX(...)                    XXX_X(,##__VA_ARGS__,\
                                          XXX_4(__VA_ARGS__),\
                                          XXX_3(__VA_ARGS__),\
                                          XXX_2(__VA_ARGS__),\
                                          XXX_1(__VA_ARGS__),\
                                          XXX_0(__VA_ARGS__)\
                                         )