Unnecessary Macros (was Re: Unn

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <7191 at aw.sei.cmu.edu> firth at bd.sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
>The question is, why would anyone ever even consider writing a function
>call?  Answer: it is not only safer than the C code, it's faster.

Not necessarily, but it can be.  Also, I know of at least one compiler
that will expand a function in-line whenever it would be efficient to
do so (and when C permits it).