Yup, though I do think in some cases if the indexes into the function table are known a sufficiently smart compiler can inline it anyway, even if the linkage is

Yup, though I do think in some cases if the indexes into the function table are known a sufficiently smart compiler can inline it anyway, even if the linkage isn't static: https://godbolt.org/z/6cY7zxT9W https://godbolt.org/z/6cY7zxT9W