[cfe-dev] always_inline and noinline attributes

[Devang Patel]

On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Devang Patel wrote:

>
> On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Eli Friedman wrote:
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>> Unless I'm mistaking the semantics of always_inline, it should be a
>> compile-time error to take the address of an always_inline function,
>> and always_inline functions shouldn't be exposed as external symbols.
>> Otherwise, it's impossible for the compiler to honor the
>> "always_inline" attribute.
>
> 1) inlining a function and 2) throwing away a function definition when
> function is inlined at all call sites are two separate operations.
>
> always_inline does not enforce 2) and always_inline does change symbol
> visibility.

oops, I meant : "always_inline does not change symbol visibility"
>
>
> In gcc, -fvisibility-inlines-hidden enforces what you're describing.
> -
> Devang
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