inlining

[Stephen J. Friedl]

In article <20520 at beta.lanl.gov> jlg at beta.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
>... C doesn't do [inline function expansion (as I've pointed out before).
>The C language definition (such as it is) doesn't allow it.
 
Then in article <12279 at mimsy.UUCP>, chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> Not so.  It merely (?!) makes it difficult.

AT&T's 3B2 C compilers have done this since (at least) Issue 3.
There are flags to the optimizer that tell it how much expansion
it can do (time-vs-space tradeoffs), and there are assembler
macros as well.  Warning: inline expansion make disassembly quite
difficult :-).

     Steve

P.S. - anybody wanting info on how to invoke this on the 3B2 can
       send mail to me.

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