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Subject: inline functions
From: michaelm@swplumb.com (Michael McGlothlin)

I'm not sure if this is the proper place to make a suggestion - if not 
please correct me.

It'd be useful to have an inline function similar to create_function () 
but so that it'd only be used that once and would return the function 
results rather than the function itself. I often find myself writing 
long sections of code that aren't repetitive and I have to either create 
a function that'll only be used once, which pollutes my name space,  or 
allow myself to have code mush. With an inline function I could mark 
blocks of code so that inputs and outputs would be cleaner and memory 
could be released more easily. This would make code easier to read, 
reduce accidental re-use of variables, and reduce memory usage.

Thanks,
Michael McGlothlin
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