[fpc-pascal] Inline methods

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

LacaK wrote:
> Hi *,
> is it possible inline also methods of objects (not regular procedures) ?
> I have very simple class method, which call I need inline.
> (looking at assembler code it is not inlined; I have looked also in 
> documentation, but I do not found article about inline and methods)
> 
> Example:
> 
> function T2DArray.Data(x, y: integer): PElement; inline;
> begin
>   Result := @FArray[x+y*Fx];
> end;

I thought it was, and believe that in the past I've been told that it 
was a useful optimisation aid hence in my code I find e.g.

(*
Setters marked "inline" are trivial except for an assertion to check the
parameter range. Most of the associated code will be optimised away if
assertions are ignored by the compiler. 
      *)

[Sorry, I've got this bad habit of commenting stuff which some people 
frown on. But I think that for something like this- i.e. /why/ something 
is being done- it's justified.]

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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