-Os & inlining functions used only once

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Joe" == Joe Buck <jbuck@racerx.synopsys.com> writes:

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 Joe> The compiler can't possibly tell that a static function is
 Joe> used only once until it gets to the end of a compilation
 Joe> unit, and compilation units can be arbitrarily large.  The
 Joe> compiler does not pre-scan the whole file and then go back
 Joe> and compile, so it can't do what you are asking for.  It
 Joe> only deals with one function at a time, and doesn't make
 Joe> assumptions about what future functions will do.

Ah, that makes sense.  So I'll pre-scan the file myself and mark
those functions 'inline' :)

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Thanks for your quick answer.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz