On Wed, 23 May 2007, Roland Dreier wrote: > > - every static function in a header file must be __always_inline > > Why? Why does it matter whether a function is defined in a .h file or > a .c file? Can't the compiler decide better than we can whether > something should be inlined or not? > > Your argument seems to imply that we should never use the inline > keyword at all.
i hate to be in the middle of one of these again, but i think i initiated this topic way back when when i (like rob landley) asked why that config option was still around when it's been listed for deletion for a year. regardless of its good or bad points, one way or the other, something should be updated. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/