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From: Mark Woodruff <mwoodruf@xn.xerox.com>
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
Date: 1997/01/16
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Vos nom et pr�nom wrote:

> If the function is very short, it's obvious for the compiler to
> automatically inline it.
> When it's long, it's also obvious not to make it inline.

When should a call to Ackerman() be inlined? Or exit()?

Key questions seem to be: 

What information is required to make the decision?
Can the information be represented programatically?
Can an algorithm be written to make the decision?

I'm not convinced it's decidable because performance criteria frequently can't be 
determined in advance. Should a function be inlined if the resultant code pushes 
code onto a new page and causes page faults?
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