On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 02:28:56PM -0700, 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.
A function only belongs into a header file if we always want it inlined,
otherwise it belongs into a C file.
> - R.
cu
Adrian
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