Re: Inline classes
neelagain@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Perhaps this question needs to be in Visual Studio forum, but, I think
it must be applicable to general C++ programming as well.
I have an inline class. In case this is only visual studio
terminology, by that I mean I have a class which has ALL the functions
inline (no member variables) and I have not included that class in
project (it's 500 lines long and expected to grow to 600 - although I
don't think line numbers shouldn't matter that much). But, there are
classes which are using the object of this class.
To know what's the difference between when I am using this class and
when I am not, I measured obj file size with and without this class
usage (see below).
What I wanted to know is, at what point it becomes intolerable to have
inline classes? I suppose, it must depend on compiler as well but I
thought I should ask if there is a general guiding principal when I
should _stop_ using this approach.
Note: File 1 & 2 are the ones that are using object of this class
(different methods call in each file).
Debug
File 1 File 2
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---------
With class usage/inclusion 299 KB 343 KB
Without class usage/inclusion 247 KB 296 KB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Difference 52 KB 47 KB
Release
File 1 File 2
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---------
With class usage/inclusion 277 KB 299 KB
Without class usage/inclusion 231 KB 259 KB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Difference 46 KB 40 KB
Thanks,
Neel.
Unfortunately, this question really can't be answered because the answer is:
it depends. What does it depend on? Does the saving of having the
functions inlined offset the increased file size of the executable. If the
exe file size plus memory usage is great enough to cause excessive page
swapping then the program will run slower as it waits for hard drive
read/writes as the executable memory pages are swapped out to disk. For an
incresae of 53KB it is hard to say. Only testing would tell.
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