binary_search, lower_bound and upper_bound inlining

[Paolo Carlini]

Dimitris Xochellis wrote:

>>Well, if you can provide unbiased, compelling evidence that code bloat 
>>isn't too big...
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>Well, I don't feel so "lucky" today :) 
>(I also agree that the code bloat will probably be rather big)
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As soon as I find a bit of spare time I want to investigate the issue a 
bit more myself: those functions aren't *very* big and are indeed quite 
important, for instance are use in our unordered_* containers. I want to 
figure out how big really are in terms of instructions, etc.

>>That's sad. You should tell all the people, the compiler people too not 
>>only the library developers: either the options are too hard to find or 
>>wrongly missing. Can you send a message to gcc@gcc.gnu.org?
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>Good idea, I will do so.
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Excellent. Your needs are certainly sensible.

Paolo.