Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/7] softfloat: Convert `*_default_nan' variables into inline functions

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Peter Maydell wrote:

> >  Hmm, so perhaps my idea for a later improvement:
> >
> >>  Eventually we might want to move the new inline functions into a
> >> separate header to be included from softfloat.h instead of softfloat.c,
> >> but let's make changes one step at a time.
> >
> > will actually have to be made right away.  I suspect GCC is more liberal
> > here due to its convoluted extern/static/inline semantics history.
> > Sigh...
> 
> I would suggest just using "static inline", as we do elsewhere
> for little utility functions.

 Yes, that's exactly what they'd have to be moved into a separate header 
for.

  Maciej