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Alternative spelling of in-line examples
third-person singular simple present inlines, present participle inlining, simple past and past participle inlined
(transitive, software compilation) To optimize using in-line expansion. quotations examples
Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques, page 149
Because functions that contain references to this cannot be inlined, the Compiler's ability to devirtualize prototype methods is even more important in terms of reducing the size of compiled code. By devirtualizing methods and removing references to this, more methods become functions that are candidates for inlining.
2010, Michael Bolin, Closure: The Definitive Guide
plural inlines
(web design, Cascading Style Sheets) An element that occurs within the flow of the text. examples