Re: Development Speed

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: xenodasein@tutanota.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:16:03 -0500
> 
> Why are inlinable functions superior to macros in regard to ease of
> understanding the code?  I don't see how they help.

They make debugging slightly easier, because you can set a breakpoint
inside them and more easily step through the code.  In an unoptimized
build, they also appear in the backtrace, which also helps a little.