Can I selectively (force) inline a function?

Question

In the book Clean Code (and a couple of others I have come across and read) it is suggested to keep the functions small and break them up if they become large. It also sugge

Answer 1

No, inline is a recommendation to the compiler ; it does not force it to do anything. Also, if you're working with MSVC++, note that __forceinline is a misnomer as well ; it's just a stronger recommendation than inline.