definition of "implicit" inline?

[Martin Reinecke]

Hi,

there seems to be a lot of confusion concerning the term
"implicit inline". Maybe it would remove some misunderstandings
if everyone would state clearly what he means by this term.

In C++, the expression

   long a;

is equivalent to

   long int a;

This behavior is called "implicit int".

If I'm not greatly mistaken, the code

class foo {
   void bar() { ...}
   };

is also equivalent to (i.e. should be treated by the compiler
in the same way as)

class foo {
   inline void bar() { ...}
   };

(see, e.g. Struostrup, 3rd ed, chapter 10.2.9)

What's wrong about calling this behavior "implicit inline"? I'd
argue it practically begs for that name.

What's your take on this?

Thanks,
   Martin