From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay Martin) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/01/10 Message-ID: <5b60v0$r16@uni.library.ucla.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 208977976 references: <5acjtn$5uj@news3.digex.net> <32D11FD3.41C6@wi.leidenuniv.nl> <32D53473.4DAA423A@eiffel.com> <5b3kpk$2gba@uni.library.ucla.edu> organization: University of California, Los Angeles newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes: >Jay, in typical fulminating mode says > "It seems to me need for "pragma inline" and "inline" is/was social. > It came from compiler writers continually slacking off since the 60's > and not implementing inlining." >nonsense, all decent compilers implement inlining today, it is a more >vital optimization than ever because of icache considerations (particularly >in direct addressed caches). An example of inlining getting the shaft by compiler writers is G++ which does not support the normal inlining of templated class methods. There is a "G++ only" workaround (source code hack) in the latest compiler but again you have to wait for the real fix until "the next release".