Re: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers

On Mon, 2 January 2006 21:05:31 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > it's by far not only gains. And maintenance costs too.
> 
> Anyway, distinctive "inlines" could help here, right?

Not really.  Your example, as Linus already explained, is a great
example of how _not_ to inline stuff.  If in doubt, don't inline.  If
a function is called just once, don't inline unless there are other
good reasons for it.  If you get a minimal gain (10 bytes) in text
size, don't inline.  The maintenance issue is more important.

Jörn

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