different between inlinable vs inline

English

Alternative forms

• inlineable

Etymology

From inline +? -able.

Adjective

inlinable (not comparable)

1. (software compilation) Capable of being inlined.
   • 2012, Tom Christiansen, Larry Wall, Brian Foy, Programming Perl (page 561)

     If somefn were an inlinable constant function, then even switching the evaluation order like this […] wouldn't change the outcome, since the entire expression still resolves at compile time.

English

Adjective

inline

1. Alternative spelling of in-line

Verb

inline (third-person singular simple present inlines, present participle inlining, simple past and past participle inlined)

1. (transitive, software compilation) To optimize using in-line expansion.
   • 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)

     Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.

Derived terms

• inlinable

Noun

inline (plural inlines)

1. (web design, Cascading Style Sheets) An element that occurs within the flow of the text.

   Inline elements are things like an italic tag, or a bold tag.

Anagrams

• Linnie, elinin