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If I understand correctly, functions are inlined[0] (not saying this is bad, just different). If you declare functions as inline then you can get rid of the dis

• 3JPLW 11y ago
  Yes, small and explicitly tagged functions can inline directly into the caller. But even when that doesn't occur, Julia is able to avoid dynamic dispatch overhead by doing the dispatch at compile-time, making the function call point directly at the specialized method.
  • junke 11y ago
    In order to do that with CLOS, we have to add an explicit "inline" directive (as shown by lispm in another comment), because methods can be redefined anytime. Taking a shortcut to an effective method could break the code.