Hi,

when using "inline" on a procedure or function, does it completely avoid the call by copying anything inside the "begin ... end" block to the right place?

Example:

function anythingFunc(v: integer):real; inline;
begin
	... some calculations ...
end;
function TMyObject.callAnything(v: integer):real;
begin
	result := anythingFunc(v);
end

This will result in two levels of calls (one for the method of TMyObject and one from inside the method to the global function) without inlining.

I assume with inline on it is only *one* call, which would be a speed improvement especially when called often.

Can someone confirm I understand this correctly?

TIA,
Marc

Yes, that's the idea.

Michael.

Beautiful, that saves me from losing syntax highlighting when using macros instead and is much more readable.

Thanks,
Marc

"INLINE" is a suggestion, not obligation: sometimes they are compiled with "CALL". It looks especially not great when trying to inline assembler procedures.

Calling an inline function from another inline function may (or may not) obfuscate your debug information.