Re: Compile time executed functions

["Mark Lundquist" <mark@rational.com>]

Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
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> He also wanted the result of the function to be put into the ROM area when
the
> executable is created by the compiler. Inlining wouldn't do that, would
it? It
> just prevents the little extra subprogram call overhead (saving and
restoring
> the register context, etc) when the function is called at runtime.

You're right that inlining *alone* doesn't acheive the desired effect.  But
inlining may allow optimizations to accomplish it.  It depends on the order
of inlining relative to the various optimizations that the compiler
performs.

Mark Lundquist
Rational Software