On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:41:35PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > OK -- but then is there any way to convince gcc to embed a "static > inline" version of these functions instead of emitting a call? No. > Sometimes putting these eight (or nine for ashrdi3) instructions > inline would be a performance win. Sometimes, maybe. I suspect you'll find that in general it's nothing but bloat. r~