As for inline vs. __inline. The original code implies that most compilers

As for inline vs. __inline. The original code implies that most compilers
understand inline, while WIN32 ones insist on __inline. Well, there are
other compilers that insist on __inline. At the same time it turned out
that most compilers understand both __inline and inline. I could find
only one that doesn't understand __inline, Sun C. In other words it seems
that __inline as preferred choice provides better coverage...