"in-line expansion" meaning in All languages combined

See in-line expansion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: in-line expansions [plural], inline expansion [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} in-line expansion (countable and uncountable, plural in-line expansions)
  1. (software compilation) The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: inline, inlinable

Inflected forms

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