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From: Chris.Bitmead@Alcatel.com.au (Chris Bitmead)
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
Date: 1997/01/23
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In article <32D53473.4DAA423A@eiffel.com> Bertrand Meyer <bertrand@eiffel.com> writes:

>ISE Eiffel does give the user a degree of parameterization:
>a compilation option specifies the size threshold beyond which
>a routine will not be inlined. This is measured in internal units
>(number of bytecode words), but easy to relate to number of
>instructions. This option provides a way to control space-time
>tradeoffs. In practice, however, most users are happy with the
>default, which inlines small, frequently called routines.

How on earth does the compiler know if a routine is "frequently
called"?