"Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > first, there appear to be three possible ways of specifying an > inline routine in the kernel source: > > $ grep -r "static inline " . > $ grep -r "static __inline__ " . > $ grep -r "static __inline " . > > i vaguely recall that this has something to do with a distinction > between C99 inline and gcc inline
No, it doesn't (there is no C99 compatible inline in gcc before 4.3). It has to do with the fact that inline is not a keyword in C89, so you need to use a different spelling when you want to stay compatible with strict C89. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
