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Subject: Re: C++ question (OT)

Author: Larry Griffiths

Date: 18:52:10 01/19/01

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On January 19, 2001 at 14:36:57, Paul wrote:

>On January 19, 2001 at 12:32:06, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>
>>On January 19, 2001 at 04:36:32, Severi Salminen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>Would there be any downside to the inline function?
>>>>
>>>>Some compilers might decide to treat it as a normal function instead of inlining
>>>>it, in some cases. I think Borland does this if the inline function contains
>>>>loops or other things it considers "too complex".
>>>
>>>In VC++ 6.0 you can specify __forceinline and compiler _will_ make it an inline
>>>function. Very useful. There might be this option in Borland as well - which one
>>>are you using?
>>>
>>>Severi
>>
>>I am using Borland Builder 5 and I have never found any forceinline like VC has.
>>
>>Larry.
>
>I'm also using BCB5, and indeed there isn't a forceinline, unfortunately :(
>I like it very much for GUI building and programming, but VC++ seems to
>have a lot more options for optimizing ...
>
>Paul

I also like the VCL, Paul.  I have resorted to using #defines a lot and writing
inline assembler whenever possible.  I have been using a lot of MMX instructions
lately and my program may only run on Pentium II or higher machines in the near
future.

Larry.



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