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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ? (Ada95 Wholesale Changes?)
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 21:20:56 -0800
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Hyman Rosen wrote:

> This is simply false. C++ requires that if you call an inline function,
> the definition of that function must appear in the translation unit that
> contains the call. It is not required to appear in the class definition,
> nor must it appear when defining derived classes. The stated consequences
> are thus also false. Richard, you are confusing typical practice with
> actual requirements.

1) Would you care to comment on why this is typical practice.

2) Can one declare a function as inline, or must one include
     its full definition when it is made inline?

3) In Ada, the equivalent of a declaration can be made inline, in
    the specification.    I believe, if I am reading Stroustrup correctly,
    and, yes, it seems to be typical practice,  any declaration of an
    inline function (as inline) must also be a definition.   If that inline
    function is declared anywhere in the source code, it must be a
    full definition.

Richard Riehle