In-line

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  inline
       
           (Or "unfold") To replace a {function} call with
          an instance of the function's body.  {Actual argument}
          expressions are substituted for {formal parameters} as in
          {beta reduction}.  Inlining is usually done as a


          {compile-time} transformation.
       
          If done recklessly (e.g. attempting to inline a {recursive}
          function) the {compiler} will fail to terminate.  If done
          over-enthusiastically the code size may increase
          exponentially, e.g. if function f calls g twice, and g calls h
          twice and h is inlined in g which is inlined in f (in either
          order) then there will be four copies of h's body in f.
       
          See also {linear argument}, {unfold/fold}.
       
          (1994-11-03)