[fpc-devel] Bug or Feature? Inline of code from Units does not work when types uses in code are defined in implementation

[Michael Ring]

Thanks,

So do you think it is worth to extend documentation for inline? Or 
perhaps the compiler could give a warning when code is not suitable for 
inlining or is this decision done when a caller requests inlining and 
not when the inline function gets compiled?

Michael

Am 06.04.15 um 18:59 schrieb Florian Klaempfl:
> Am 06.04.2015 um 17:53 schrieb Michael Ring:
>> Take the following unit, my goal is to have the code called in the unit
>> inlined in the main code.
>>
>> This works fine when
>>
>> type
>>    pLongWord = ^LongWord;
>>
>> is defined in the interface of the unit.
>>
>> if this is defined in Implementation then Inlining of the code does not
>> work.
>>
>> Is this correct behaviour? Or should both ways work?
> Inline is only a recommendation to the compiler. Such a definition in
> the implementation part prevents indeed inlining.
>
> In this particular case I recommend that you just leave the definition
> away so compiler uses that one of the system unit.
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