When should I write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method?

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When should I write the keyword inline for a function/method in C++?

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Answer 1

When developing and debugging code, leave inline out. It complicates debugging.

The major reason for adding them is to help optimize the generated code. Typically this trades increased code space for speed, but sometimes inline saves both code space and execution time.

Expending this kind of thought about performance optimization before algorithm completion is premature optimization.