On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:26:30 +0100
Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 07:25:48PM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote:
> > Albin Tonerre (Lutin) told me that there is (maybe, i don't know much
> > about that) an ABI break, with a move a function from a source code to an
> > inline function. I can't remember the function, but Albin can retrieve it,
> > I think.
>
> It is an ABI break if you don't also force an explicit copy. Speaking
> from a C99 background, there two ways to create inline functions:
>
> static inline int foo(void) { ... }
>
> inline int foo(void) { ... }
>
> The former will ensure that code is always using the code from the
> header file, even if it is creating a local non-inlined copy.
>
> The second form provides an inline hint -- the compiler may or may not
> decide to use it. If the code later provides an explicit non-inline
> prototype, the compiler will provide the body. This means that the
> library can have
>
> int foo(void);
>
> in one C file and it will provide an out-of-line copy.
>
> Note that the traditional GNU inline semantic is slightly different.
>
> Joerg
>
hmm good to know.
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