Is it possible to force a function not to be inlined?

Question

I want to force a little function not to be compiled as inline function even if it\'s very simple. I think this is useful for debug purpose. Is there any keyword to do this?

Answer 1

Simple: Don't let the compiler see the definition of the function. Then it cannot possibly be inlined. Of course, that only works if its your code.

When it comes to debugging 3rd party code... yes, this would be useful, especially if you could zap 3rd party code from afar. Anyone who has debugged code that contains lot of shared_ptr dereferencing knows what I'm talking about.