Aw, damn it.

My Q was prompted by several hours' worth of trouble today in trying
to remember & reconstruct the syntax I just told you works for me.

Turns out, it appears intermediate var V() is NOT necessary. This
seems to work:

Function Foo(ParamArray VParams()) As String
Foo = Bar(VParams)
End Function

Function Bar(VParams) As String

etc.

So my only Q now is why Bar's parameter can't be parallel to Foo's.

Thanks again.

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