Hrvoje> I've been told that in C++ `inline' means `static inline'. Hrvoje> Do all C++ compilers grok `static inline'? In standard C++, `inline' does not affect the extern-ness of a function.

If different translations units have definitions for an external inline function, they must be identical. Older C++ implementations considered `extern inline' illegal. I guess that adds to the number of distinct inline implementations - we're up to 6 now!

Hrvoje> it's especially important to *document* what it means. The Hrvoje> annoying thing about the INLINE confusion is that it crops Hrvoje> up time and again, by different people and with different Hrvoje> code. OK. I'm convinced. I'll implement this, if there are no further objections. Again, the proposal: 1. Rename INLINE to INLINE_HEADER. 2. Document the two approved ways of creating inline functions - in .h files, using INLINE_HEADER, and in .c files, using `static inline'.