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Re: where do inlined functions go?
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:47 am, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Anthony Shipman wrote:
> > I've got a class with some methods defined in the class. The compiler
> > does not generate object code for these methods. Then in a program that
> > uses the class it fails to inline the methods and the linker fails with
> > undefined functions. All files are compiled with the same command line
> > options:
>
> http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/inline-functions.html#faq-9.7
>
> The compiler can only inline the function if its definition is available
> in the translation unit where it is called. This normally means you
> have to put the function definition in a header file and include that
> header in every source file.
>
> Brian
This is what I have done. The method definition is in the class definition in
the header file. The methods are neither in-lined nor is their generated
code to link to.
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