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    SubjectRe: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers
    On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:37:21AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    >...
    > to say it loud and clear again: our current way of handling inlines is
    > _FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN_. To me this means that fundamental changes are
    > needed for the _mechanics_ and meaning of inlines. We default to 'always
    > inline' which has a current information to noise ratio of 1:10 perhaps.
    > My patch changes the mechanics and meaning of inlines, and pretty much
    > anything else but a change to the meaning of inlines will still result
    > in the same scenario occuring over and over again.

    Let's emphasize what we both agree on:
    It is _FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN_ that too much code is marked as
    'always inline'.

    We only disagree on how to achieve an improvement.

    > Ingo

    cu
    Adrian

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