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| 305 | functions only called in exceptional or rare cases. |
305 | functions only called in exceptional or rare cases. |
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306 | |
| 307 | =item ecb_artificial |
307 | =item ecb_artificial |
| 308 | |
308 | |
| 309 | Declares the function as "artificial", in this case meaning that this |
309 | Declares the function as "artificial", in this case meaning that this |
| 310 | function is not really mean to be a function, but more like an accessor |
310 | function is not really meant to be a function, but more like an accessor |
| 311 | - many methods in C++ classes are mere accessor functions, and having a |
311 | - many methods in C++ classes are mere accessor functions, and having a |
| 312 | crash reported in such a method, or single-stepping through them, is not |
312 | crash reported in such a method, or single-stepping through them, is not |
| 313 | usually so helpful, especially when it's inlined to just a few instructions. |
313 | usually so helpful, especially when it's inlined to just a few instructions. |
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314 | |
| 315 | Marking them as artificial will instruct the debugger about just this, |
315 | Marking them as artificial will instruct the debugger about just this, |
