Why is inlining considered faster than a function call?

Question

Now, I know it\'s because there\'s not the overhead of calling a function, but is the overhead of calling a function really that heavy (and worth the bloat of having it inli

Answer 1

Inlining a function is a suggestion to compiler to replace function call with definition. If its replaced, then there will be no function calling stack operations [push, pop]. But its not guaranteed always. :)

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