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dydya-stepa

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should i use inline functions?
« on: February 28, 2012, 02:11:09 pm »
should i use inline function or the compiler will take care of it?

i noticed sfml code doesn't use it a lot
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should i use inline functions?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2012, 03:30:57 pm »
As a general rule, leave such decisions to the compiler until you have reason not to.
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should i use inline functions?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 08:01:53 pm »
Serapth is right. I actually never use the inline keyword unless something must be in the header because of linkage reasons.

Generally, writing function definitions in .cpp files has the following advantages:
  • Changes in the implementation don't require clients to recompile
  • Less code must be read everywhere the header is used, speeding up compilation progress
  • Functionality on which the implementation depends can be included in the .cpp file, leading to fewer dependencies in the interface
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