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From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Inline Isn't
Message-ID: <1666@msa3b.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 91 18:37:24 GMT
Organization: Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc., Atlanta, GA
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When one declares a class in a .h file, and specifies the body of
a member function as inline in the .cpp file, do most compilers fail
to inline it?

i.e. In the following code, is it too much to expect that "f.bar()" gets
inlined? This would require a smart linker.



/**** foo.h ******/
class foo {
private:
int x;
public:
   int bar ();
};

/***** foo.cpp ****/
inline int bar ()
{
   return x;
}

/***** other.cpp *****/
#include "foo.h"
void demo (void)
{
int i;
foo f;

   i = f.bar();
}
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