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-<p>You can declare functions in a way that allows the compiler to expand
-them inline rather than calling them through the usual
-function call mechanism.</p>
+<p>Declaring a function inline suggests that the compiler replace every call to that function with code in the function definition, rather than calling them through the usual function call mechanism.</p>
 
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 <p>Inlining a function can generate more efficient object