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1 definition found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: inline(Or "unfold") To replace a {function} call with an instance of the function's body. {Actual argument} expressions are substituted for {formal parameters} as in {beta reduction}. Inlining is usually done as a {compile-time} transformation. If done recklessly (e.g. attempting to inline a {recursive} function) the {compiler} will fail to terminate. If done over-enthusiastically the code size may increase exponentially, e.g. if function f calls g twice, and g calls h twice and h is inlined in g which is inlined in f (in either order) then there will be four copies of h's body in f. See also {linear argument}, {unfold/fold}. (1994-11-03)
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