From Lorenz Meier: The implementation of access() as vararg macro has the...

From Lorenz Meier: The implementation of access() as vararg macro has the issue that any function call with the same name (even in a C++ class) will match with it and result in a compile error. I have replaced it with a small function, and tried to have decent documentation as well. This resolves the compile issue, and shouldn’t have negative side effects for users of the function.