Mon, 07 Apr 2008

C inline functions not in headers

I just appreciated an interesting side-effect of slapping "inline" on static functions within .c files. You don't get a warning when they become unused.

This breaks my normal method for code cleanup (in this case, the tun driver). So unless you have evidence otherwise, plase trust the compiler to inline static functions appropriately and don't label them inline. (And remember: inline is the register keyword for the 21st century.)


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