Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965135AbXASNhc (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:37:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965137AbXASNhb (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:37:31 -0500 Received: from ns1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:51503 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965135AbXASNhb (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:37:31 -0500 From: Andreas Schwab To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: can someone explain "inline" once and for all? References: X-Yow: Now KEN is having a MENTAL CRISIS because his "R.V." PAYMENTS are OVER-DUE!! Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:37:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Robert P. J. Day's message of "Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:56:54 -0500 (EST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 29 "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > first, there appear to be three possible ways of specifying an > inline routine in the kernel source: > > $ grep -r "static inline " . > $ grep -r "static __inline__ " . > $ grep -r "static __inline " . > > i vaguely recall that this has something to do with a distinction > between C99 inline and gcc inline No, it doesn't (there is no C99 compatible inline in gcc before 4.3). It has to do with the fact that inline is not a keyword in C89, so you need to use a different spelling when you want to stay compatible with strict C89. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra?e 5, 90409 N?rnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/