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- From: harry@nautronix.com.au (Harry Protoolis)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Function body banned in .H file - Can I still inline?
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 03:07:21 GMT
- Organization: Nautronix Limited, Fremantle Australia
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- In article <ALUN.CHAMPION.96Jan10130257@g7240065.bridge.bst.bls.com>,
- Alun.Champion@bridge.bst.bls.com (Alun Champion) writes:
- >In article <4d0ir0$68e@newsroom.hitc.com>
- >Chris Ruegger <cruegger@eos.hitc.com> writes:
- >
- >: I am not permitted to put any function bodies into the .H file
- > for a class.
- >: Question:
- >: I would still like to make the small accessor routines inline. What
- >: is my recourse, if any?
-
- Um, change the rules :-).
-
- Seriously why does this restriction exist ? Is it a policy decision
- in your coding standard ?
-
- If so, I strongly suggest you get it changed. Inlining is a powerful
- language tool in C++ that can help make you code very efficient if
- used properly. The fact that it can be misused should not prevent you
- from using it where appropriate.
-
- >Though this solution sort of breaks the rules it ... well take a look ;')
- >It separates the inline code into another file namely A.iC and includes
- >it in the relevant place - depending upon the INLINE define.
- >
- [.. snip ..]
- >
- >Any comments ?
- >
- Yes, yuck. The problem with this is that your A.iC file still needs to
- be published to your users (e.g. put in a public 'include' area). You
- also get exactly the compilation dependancy that inlining in the header
- creates, only it becomes 'easier', IMHO, to misuse.
-
- What I mean by that is that in the header any large block of code would
- stand out a mile and would annoy me every time I look at it. This is a
- Good Thing, as a large block of code should not be inlined in the first
- place. If, however, I place this code in a nice A.iC file that I never
- look at I am likely to forget it, and worse still as it grows due to
- feeping creaturism I am likely to leave it there instead of moving it
- 'out of line'.
-
- >Regards
- >
- > -A.
- >--
- >| A.Champion |
- -
- Harry Protoolis Nautronix Limited
- harry@nautronix.com.au Fremantle, Western Australia
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