Comments on: gcc extensions http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/28/gcc-extensions/ code is freedom -- patching my itch Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/28/gcc-extensions/#comment-521 Chris Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:39:22 +0000 http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/28/gcc-extensions/#comment-521 The keyword inline is part ISO C99. It's just not a C89 feature. It is also a GCC extension and for extern functions the semantics are not 100% identical but it can be safely used for static functions albeit small functions will be inlined anyway when optimizing so it's not so horribly important. C code is by definition no C++ code. If you write your C code so that a C++ likes it too, you'll have to write ancient style C and all those pointless cast make your code ugly and less safe. There's no point in compiling C code with a C++ compiler and C++ is just the worst C derivative of all. The keyword inline is part ISO C99. It’s just not a C89 feature. It is also a GCC extension and for extern functions the semantics are not 100% identical but it can be safely used for static functions albeit small functions will be inlined anyway when optimizing so it’s not so horribly important. C code is by definition no C++ code. If you write your C code so that a C++ likes it too, you’ll have to write ancient style C and all those pointless cast make your code ugly and less safe. There’s no point in compiling C code with a C++ compiler and C++ is just the worst C derivative of all.

]]> By: MenTaLguY http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/28/gcc-extensions/#comment-76 MenTaLguY Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:03:06 +0000 http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/28/gcc-extensions/#comment-76 It's probably worth noting he is writing specifically about C. 'inline' is a standard language feature in C++ (not so in C...), so if you bring this header into Inkscape you'd better remove the #defines of 'inline' to avoid messing up the normal C++ semantics. It’s probably worth noting he is writing specifically about C.

‘inline’ is a standard language feature in C++ (not so in C…), so if you bring this header into Inkscape you’d better remove the #defines of ‘inline’ to avoid messing up the normal C++ semantics.

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