inline
English
Adjective
inline
- Alternative spelling of in-line
Verb
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- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize using in-line expansion.
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
- Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
- 2010, Michael Bolin, Closure: The Definitive Guide:
- 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 tothis
, more methods become functions that are candidates for inlining.
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
Derived terms
Noun
inline (plural inlines)
- (web design, Cascading Style Sheets) An element that occurs within the flow of the text.