std::pow implementation

[Martin Reinecke]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:51:01PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> Not actually.  Not just because a function definition is put in a
> header file -- or more accurately, is avalaible in translation unit
> means that inlining is requested for that function.

I just can't think of a way how to do that without breaking some
C++ rule; could you please give a short example?
If the definition can be made available in more than one translation unit
without requesting inlining, I'm perfectly happy.

> (I may suggest "mutable inline" for the second category and ~inline
> for the third :-)

Nice ;)

Martin