Re: Development Speed

[Stefan Monnier]

>   > Over the years, we've managed to reduce the use of macros (replaced by
>   > inlinable functions) to some extent, partly thanks to improvement in
>   > compilers, but it didn't change much to the code overall.
> Why are inlinable functions superior to macros in regard to ease of
> understanding the code?  I don't see how they help.

For example, you don't need to look at the definition of a function to
know how many times and in which context its actual arguments
are evaluated.


        Stefan