inline functions

[Aloo]

Let's say I have a function

func()
{

............
func();
..........
}

I.e it is a recursive function. What happens if I declare it inline

[Jordan Abel]

On 2006-02-07, Aloo <an************@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Let's say I have a function

func()
{

...........
func();
.........
}

I.e it is a recursive function. What happens if I declare it inline

It won't be inlined, or it will only be inlined a certain number of
times.

There is no _requirement_ that the compiler insert inline code at any
given place the function is called.

[Ian Collins]

Aloo wrote:

Let's say I have a function

func()
{

............
func();
..........
}

I.e it is a recursive function. What happens if I declare it inline

inline is more of a hint than an instruction, the compiler is at liberty
to ignore 'inline' where it considers inline to be inappropriate. This
would be one of those cases.

--
Ian Collins.

[Grumble]

Aloo wrote:

Let's say I have a [recursive] function.
What happens if I declare it inline

inline is merely a hint to the compiler, and it may be ignored.

On a related note, good optimizing compilers can eliminate some
forms of recursion.