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in-line

  [in-lahyn, in-lahyn]
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–adjective
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
Origin:
1925–30

in⋅line

  [in-lahyn]
–noun Printing.
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
Origin:
1920–25; in + line 1
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inline programming
(Or "unfold") To replace a function call with an instance of the function's body. Actual argument expressions are substituted for formal parameters as in beta reduction. Inlining is usually done as a compile-time transformation.
If done recklessly (e.g. attempting to inline a recursive function) the compiler will fail to terminate. If done over-enthusiastically the code size may increase exponentially, e.g. if function f calls g twice, and g calls h twice and h is inlined in g which is inlined in f (in either order) then there will be four copies of h's body in f.
See also linear argument, unfold/fold.
(1994-11-03)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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