Re:Will It Optimize? See how well you can anticipate gcc's o...
by Someone on Sunday April 07, 2013 @01:05PM
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As mpyne explains, the function still is externally visible.
However, the compiler is perfectly free to both compile it as an external function and inline it wherever it wants. Yes, setting breakpoints on such a function would be 'funny', but that's nothing of real concern to the compiler.
However, the compiler is perfectly free to both compile it as an external function and inline it wherever it wants. Yes, setting breakpoints on such a function would be 'funny', but that's nothing of real concern to the compiler.