Re: Abs() macro in sysutil.h is incorrect

[Nathan J. Williams]

"Chris Antos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> not all C compilers allow inline functions (that's a C++ extension
> which only some C compilers allow).

        Nitpick: Not all C compilers allow the inline keyword to be
applied to a function. That's different from the set of C compilers
that will inline functions.

        The inline keyword is at best a hint to the compiler. A good
optimizing compiler can also inline functions that aren't marked, so
the correspondence between inline-marked functions and functions that
are actually inlined is pretty scanty.

        - Nathan