[monkeyman23555]

Okay well in C++ there is normal functions and "inline" functions, my question is: are there inline functions in python?

[Yegg`]

I havn't heard of them being in Python yet. However, it may be possible to create your own.

[monkeyman23555]

How would that be possible

[Dietrich]

Maybe you could let us know what the differences of a normal and an inline function in C++ are.

[Yegg`]

Dietrich, you can also find that out by looking on MSDN. monkeyman, I don't know much C++, so I probably couldn't help you with this. You would probably have to edit the source, which would most likely be a lot of work.

[monkeyman23555]

ya so i better don't try because it was just an idea

[DevCoach]

In C or C++ an inline function is one where the body of the function is placed directly at the place it is called, instead of being a separate subroutine. This is marginally faster, since there is no overhead of jumping to a new address, pushing registers on the stack, and returning at the end.

There is no equivalent in Python, but you could simulate it by using a pre-processor to define macros - this is what C did (and often still does, although the inline keyword was introduced in C99), and would be pretty simple to implement. You could either write a custom pre-processor in Python or use an existing one such as cpp or M4.

Alternatively you could write an inline optimiser that reads python bytecodes (.pyc files) or ASTs and inlines functions where possible. This would be much harder to do, but closer to what C++ inlining does.

Dave - The Developers' Coach

[monkeyman23555]

well it just was a question
nothing i really need

[Dietrich]

Thanks Coach,

so lambda wouldn't do it.

[CyBerHigh]

lamda is more of a unnamed function, not really an inline one, even though it is kinda in the same place and such. However being how python is interprited, it wont matter with using inline compared to none inline functions. Unless you rewrite the interpriter to do so.

[monkeyman23555]

I don't understand the point of lambda functions in months I have not even seen them

[CyBerHigh]

there really isn't anything that is really "needed" by them. Everything you can do with lamda you can with a ruglar function. It just lets you put more things in one line instead of a few. With python 3.0 it is plained to be taken out. Personly, i have never seen them used in any large projects and I have never used one. Mainly because I think they are ugly

[monkeyman23555]

I agree they are ugly:P And me too I have never used one