Re: [parisc-linux] [2.6 patch] parisc: "extern inline" -> "static inline"

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 02:48:42PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> >> "extern inline" doesn't make much sense.
> 
> But GNU's ld is said to be smart enough to handle this like the 
> developerwants "extern AND inline". I did not try, though.

I think you're gravely confused.  Look at the assembly that gcc spits
out for extern inline functions.  The linker never even gets to see the
function.  Try it out, it'll be good practice for you.
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