Hi all, I have written a small app. Which needs some inline functions. I have kept the inline functions in a separate file so that they are reusable in the future. The core code resides in, say file1.cpp and the inline function definitions reside in file2.cpp. (yes I am using c++). I am compiling this like $g++ -c file1.cpp $g++ -c file2.cpp $g++ -shared file1.o file2.o -o final.so My question is that the functions which are called from file1.o are inlined for speed. And they reside in file2.o. Now, the gcc docs say inline functions are as fast as a macro. My question is, does the inliine expansion work even when code is distributed across different object files? 1) My (naive) view tells me, no it is not possible. At the third stage, you are just linking. Code expansion happens at the compiling and assembling stage. Is this correct? 2) I am assuming, whatever the actual behavior is, it is same for both c and c++ compilers. I am pretty sure this _is_ correct. But a confirmation i welcome. Under any circumstances, it would be unacceptable for me to have an inline function silently expanded to a "true" function. I would be grateful if I can get feedback/clarification on my doubts. Further, this small ambiguity should be preferably cleared up in the web based docs itself. If maintainers allow, I would like to contribute this. Thanks in advance, -- Rohit Garg http://rpg-314.blogspot.com/ Senior Undergraduate Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
