GNU bug report logs - #12541
Prefer plain 'static' to 'static inline'.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 12541 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12541: Prefer plain 'static' to 'static inline'.
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:18:48 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The inline functions in bidi.c _must_ be inlined for performance
> reasons.  If the only way to make sure they are is to make them
> external, then so be it.

The only way to ensure they are inlined is to make them macros. Modern
compilers treat "inline" as a hint, not an instruction, if they take any
notice of it at all.
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