[cfe-dev] always_inline and noinline attributes

[Matthijs Kooijman]

Hi Devang,


> 1) always_inline only affects the "front-end inliner" and gets stripped out 
> by that inliner.  This means it would not survive to LTO (if run).  This 
> would be extremely compatible with GCC.
>
> 2) always_inline persists in the IR and any inliner pass would inline any 
> direct calls to always_inline functions whenever possible.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on which approach is taken,

I think both of us agree on going for option 2)? You once said you would write
a proposal on how to implement this? Does that offer still stand? I'm afraid I
won't be able to invest too much time in this, currently.

Gr.

Matthijs
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