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In those cases, GCC doesn’t allocate any variables +in registers unless they are marked <code>register</code>. + +</li></ul> + +</li><li> <cite>The extent to which suggestions made by using the inline function +specifier are effective (C99 and C11 6.7.4).</cite> + +<p>GCC will not inline any functions if the <samp>-fno-inline</samp> option is +used or if <samp>-O0</samp> is used. Otherwise, GCC may still be unable to +inline a function for many reasons; the <samp>-Winline</samp> option may be +used to determine if a function has not been inlined and why not. +</p> +</li></ul> + + + + +</body> +</html> |