In article <20030724120441.GC16168@beast>,
David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com> wrote:
| So should the trend be away from inlining, especially larger functions ?
|
| I know on m68k some of the really simple inlines are actually smaller as
| an inline than as a function call. But they have to be very simple, or
| only used once.
Actually, I would think that the compiler would make the decision in a
perfect world. (no smiley) Clearly some programmers think the compiler
isn't aggressive about this, and that may be the root problem. Certainly
if the compiler makes the choice then -Os should avoid the inline.
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