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From: brangdon@cix.co.uk (Dave Harris)
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Subject: Re: Proposal: Nested inline (function | functor)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:59:04 GMT
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philippeb@videotron.ca (Philippe A. Bouchard) wrote (abridged):
> (I'll post it again and assume I'm right if nobody has a 
> counterexample.)
> 
> What would you say if the 'inline' keyword would become a deterministic
> keyword in nested classes or functions (therefore virtual, recursive or 
> too much complex functions rejected)?

Inlining is best left to the compiler. It usually has more patience and 
more knowledge of the target hardware.


> It would be great here:
> 
> template <typename _T>
>     void foo(_T const & t)
>     {
>         t();
>     }
> 
> int main()
> {
>     int i;
> 
>     inline bool f() { return i == 1; }
> 
>     struct
>     {
>         inline bool operator()() { return i == 2; }
>     } s;
> 
>     foo(f); // 'inline' would be needed in order to be accepted
>     foo(s); // 'inline' of operator() would be needed to be accepted
> }

I think the word you are looking for is "external". For templates we need 
some way to request external linkage of nested classes. It has little to 
do with inlining.

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