On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 17:38, Paul Smith <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2024-10-07 at 16:33 +0100, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc-help wrote: > > > - 'inline' just makes the template function more likely to be > > > inlined, but it is not required in a header file, like it is > > > usually required for normal functions in order to prevent > > > redefinition errors. > > > > Right > > Isn't it more precise to say, it's not needed inside a class or struct > definition? If you have a free method "free method" is an oxymoron. In other languages "method" generally means the same as "member function" in C++, so a "free method" is a non-member member function :-) C++ doesn't use the word "method" though, it calls them member functions. > in a header file you still need > to declare it to be inline, to avoid redefinition issues. > Not if it's a function template, because like inline functions they're allowed to have multiple definitions (as long as the definitions are identical).
