inline

(programming)(Or "unfold") To replace a function call withan instance of the function's body. Actual argumentexpressions are substituted for formal parameters as inbeta reduction. Inlining is usually done as acompile-time transformation.

If done recklessly (e.g. attempting to inline a recursivefunction) the compiler will fail to terminate. If doneover-enthusiastically the code size may increaseexponentially, e.g. if function f calls g twice, and g calls htwice and h is inlined in g which is inlined in f (in eitherorder) then there will be four copies of h's body in f.

See also linear argument, unfold/fold.

inline

(1) Interspersed within other source code. See inline code.

(2) Between two hardware devices. For example, a network device that is placed between the user's machine and the network switch would be "inline." Contrast with a device that is attached only to the switch.

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INLINE➣Input Line (assembly language directive)

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