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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: Is extern inline -> static inline OK?
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 00:58:43 +0000 (UTC)
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By author:    Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
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>
> Pardon my ignorance...
> 
> Under what conditions is it NOT OK to convert "extern inline"
> to "static inline"?
> 

When the code is broken if it doesn't inline.

	-hpa