Inline
[in-lahyn] /ˈɪnˌlaɪn/
noun, Printing.
1.
an ornamented type with a of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
[in-lahyn, in-lahyn] /ˌɪnˈlaɪn, ˈɪnˌlaɪn/
adjective
1.
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
adjective
1.
denoting a linked sequence of manufacturing processes
2.
denoting an internal-combustion engine having its cylinders arranged in a line
adj.
1923 of printing, 1929 of engines, 1958 of computers, by 1989 of roller skates; from in + line (n.).
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)
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[in-lahyn, in-lahyn] /ˌɪnˈlaɪn, ˈɪnˌlaɪn/ adjective 1. (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft. adjective 1. denoting a linked sequence of manufacturing processes 2. denoting an internal-combustion engine having its cylinders arranged in a line
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[in-lahyn] /ˈɪnˌlaɪn/ noun 1. a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate. noun 1. another name for Rollerblade plural noun See in-line skates
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