title: Benefits of declaring a function as "inline"?
body: <p>Every time I read about the "inline" declaration in C it is mentioned that it is <a href="http://www.slacker.org/brandon/programming/inline.html" rel="noreferrer">only a hint</a> to the compiler (i.e. it does not have to obey it). Is there any benefit to adding it then, or should I just rely on the compiler knowing better than me?</p>