[m-dev.] diff: pragma no_inline

[Tyson Richard DOWD]

> On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Tyson Richard DOWD wrote:
> 
> > This change implements `:- pragma no_inline'.
> 
> Out of curiosity, why would anyone want a :- pragma no_inline?

- Inlining sometimes causes too much code bloat (it can inline pragma
  c_codes even if they are quite big). 

- Debugging inlining (and code generation bugs) is easier if you 
  can selective stop inlining in test cases. (just deleting the calls
  often makes the bug go away). This is the main reason.

- Some C code is not safe to inline. Static data and tailcalls are two
  of these. (There are other solutions to this, but sometimes they
  aren't very efficient).

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