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From: faustus@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Should I convert FORTRAN code to C?
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Date: 15 Jun 88 21:35:28 GMT
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The best reason NOT to allow a compiler to expand standard functions in-line
is that you can't substitute your own to fix a bug in the standard version.
I've had to do this a number of times with bug-prone functions like floor()
(too many versions round towards zero instead of down).

	Wayne