From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-14 12:58:32
From: "Ed Brey" <brey_at_[hidden]>
> [...] This would indicate that
> pi()'s purpose is to provide a means way to get inlining and
> constant-folding on compilers that can't yet do this with pi (it just
> happens that almost all compilers currently have this limitation),
I don't get it.
double const pi = 3.14...;
will not constant-fold, while
inline double const pi()
{
return 3.14....;
}
will? I'm probably misunderstanding something.
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