std::pow implementation

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Michael Matz <matz@suse.de> writes:

| Hi,
| 
| On 29 Jul 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| 
| > | Well how do you suggest we make the compiler to its job better then?
| >
| > Start with removing the requirement that whether a function should be
| > inlined depends on its context of use.
| 
| So it should be inlined independend of the context?

You missed "of use".

|  Well, that for sure _is_ nonsense, sorry.

It is nonsense only after you have modified what I said.

A simple function like 'std::string::end() const' should be cost-free.
Providing a controled access to a protected data should be as efficient
as accessing that data directly.  Protection is a compile time notion.

-- Gaby