inline functions

[ramu]

HI All,
Can you please tell me how does inline functions affect
the instruction cahce hit rate?

Regards

 

[Ian Collins]

HI All,
Can you please tell me how does inline functions affect
the instruction cahce hit rate?

It depends how big the function is and how bit the cache is.

The question is a bit like how do inline functions affect programme size?

 

[Alan Woodland]

It depends how big the function is and how bit the cache is.

.... And how frequently you call the function and what the cache
retention policy on your CPU is amongst other things.

There are processors out there with no instruction cache at all that are
capable of running programs generated by a C++ compiler!

Alan