Hello,

Small I/O functions like `scm_getc ()' deserve to be inlined.  For
instance, Andy measured it some time ago:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel/6639

I'm planning to apply the attached patch to both `master' and 1.8.

To get an idea of its benefit, I run the attached "benchmark" (inspired
from that in Guile-Reader) that does a lot of `read'.  On my 1.2 GHz
Intel Centrino, the inlining yields a 15% run-time improvement for that
test.

OK to apply?

Thanks,
Ludovic.