System programming in D (Was: The God Language)

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On 5 January 2012 03:34, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Regardless, there is little reason to want to use a forced inline with
> gdc.  Just like in c++ when you define all methods in the class
> definition, gdc considers all methods as candidates for inlining.
> Similarly, when -inline is passed, the same is also done for normal
> functions that are considered inlinable by the frontend.  These
> functions marked as inline are treated in the same way as a function
> declared 'inline' in C or C++, and will be treated as such by the
> backend.
>

How is this possible, when all functions are virtual, without whole program
optimisation?
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