Re: Patch: Remove gcc dependency in definition of inline functions

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Kurt Harriman <harriman@acm.org> wrote:
>> Your worry ii) can be ignored, managing to compile on such
>> compilers is already overachievement.
>
> I think so too.  With your opinion added to mine, do we constitute a
> consensus of the pg community?  Someone might object that a sample of
> two individuals is insufficiently representative of the whole, but
> away with the pedants: let us not quibble over trifles.

I haven't completely followed this thread, but I think there has been
some discussion of making changes to inline that would cause
regressions for people using old, crappy compilers, and I think we
should avoid doing that unless there is some compelling benefit.  I'm
not sure what that benefit would be - I don't think "cleaner code" is
enough.

...Robert