Re: const versus __attribute__((const))

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa_at_zytor.com)
Date: 12/08/03

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To: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>

    Nikita Danilov wrote:
    > >
    > > These functions are available to userspace, though, and can be compiled
    > > with -O0; thus not inlined.
    >
    > And future versions of gcc can be smarter.
    >

    Actually, the reason it doesn't use it for the inlines is because it
    doesn't need to -- it already has full visibility, so it doesn't need it
    to be spelled out.

    So it would be an issue if gcc got dumber, not smarter.

            -hpa

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