#[inline] on static

sanxiyn · 2015-09-25T08:29:52.657Z

I thought #[inline] can be applied to only functions, but it seems that it can be also applied to statics. What does it mean to apply #[inline] to statics?

See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/28650.

dgrunwald · 2015-09-25T08:54:29.148Z

AFAIK #[inline] static is the predecessor of const; see RFC246.

petrochenkov · 2015-09-25T08:55:07.503Z

It was used before the const/static split when everything was static and inline by default, but some statics had to be marked as #[inline(never)] to be non-inlinable and have stable address. Now all statics have stable address by definition, so the inline attribute is probably not needed anymore.

sanxiyn · 2015-09-25T09:52:07.195Z

Thanks, everybody. I updated the pull request.

nikomatsakis · 2015-09-30T12:44:20.844Z

If it’s still accepted, we should probably fix that. Anyone know if there is an issue or anything?

sanxiyn · 2015-10-05T04:32:59.809Z

My pull request to check attribute usage was merged, so #[inline] on static is now rejected.

system · 2019-03-25T08:25:13.216Z

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