On 9/23/13 9:28 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>   (size_t_to_host_endian): Now static, not static inline;
>   the latter isn't needed with modern compilers and doesn't
>   work with older compilers anyway.

gcc 4.2.1, frequently the system compiler for OS X, will inline these
functions if they are marked "static inline", but not if they're just
marked "static". I don't think we should be removing annotations that
help compilers that see common use.