Re: Meaning of iniline in declspec(dllexport)

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:59:02 GMT, "David Ching" <dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Well, no where is it written in stone that for inlining to work, the
function needs to be defined in the header. It's only due to compiler
limits that it (sometimes) is that way.

Actually, the standard says in 7.1.2/4:

<q>
An inline function shall be defined in every translation unit in which it
is used and shall have exactly the same definition in every case.
</q>

Declaring a function inline in a header file and not defining it therein is
a very limiting thing to do; I can't recall every encountering such a
thing, because it unnecessarily exposes something publicly that can only be
used privately. Note also that VC's link-time inlining is completely
outside the scope of the standard.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
.

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