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		pjmlp on Aug 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Summary of the semantics of inline in C and C++ Except inline is like register, it is only a nice request to the compiler, not an order. If you really want to inline no matter what, the only way is with compiler specific keywords/attributes.

rightbyte on Aug 11, 2021 [–]

You forgot macros. It usually works unless the optimizer lifts them out to a function..

pjmlp on Aug 11, 2021 | [–]

I tend to avoid them, specially in C++ where better mechanisms are available.

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