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Re:Size visualization of Go executables using D3 by amelius on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:06AM (#19552823)
> Go uses memory instead of registers to pass arguments and return values across function calls.

But I suppose not for inlined function calls (?)

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Re:Size visualization of Go executables using D3 by kibwen on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:39AM (#19552993)
Last I checked (which was a very long time ago, mind), Go's inliner was very conservative, and would only inline functions that were comprised of exactly one statement.
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Re:Size visualization of Go executables using D3 by weberc2 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:04AM (#19553131)
This is no longer the case, but I believe it is still quite conservative.
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