I think you should have stated upfront that you were asking library-writers not ...

enqk on Jan 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Forcing code out of line in GCC and C++11

I think you should have stated upfront that you were asking library-writers not to do that, because it's hard to guess actual branching profiles there. I don't think your advice apply that much to an application writer.