[fpc-pascal] Inlined functions from compiled units

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 24-1-2025 om 13:10 schreef Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal:
>>
>> The FPC implementation inlines if the unit-with-function-to-be-inlined
>> was compiled before the unit that references the inline function. That
>> is within the /same/ (single) build, but also has as disadvantage afaik
>> that if it is NOT like that, it won't be inlined.
>
> I think that’s right. LTO is much slower too so there’s  that. I think 
> Jonas once said in the LLVM backend it was 15% faster because of 
> aggressive inlining.

Note that one strategy doesn't inhibit the other.

I in theory FPC could do the double build strategy to improve inlining 
performance further, but that would be a considerable feature of course. 
Both more mandatory inlining and resolving more complicated mutual 
inlining patterns.