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package com.sun.max.annotate;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
/**
* Every thus annotated method is to be inlined unconditionally by the VM's optimizing compiler
* and the receiver is never null-checked.
*
* This annotation exists primarily for annotating methods that <b>must</b> be inlined
* for semantic reasons as opposed to those that could be inlined for performance reasons.
* Using this annotation for the latter should be done very rarely and only when
* profiling highlights a performance bottleneck or such a bottleneck is known <i>a priori</i>.
*
* Before checking for this annotation at a call site, the compiler should apply
* devirtualization first (if applicable). The result of this step is then checked
* for the annotation. As such, one should always check to the compiler output to
* ensure applying this annotation to a virtual method does what you expect(ed).
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface INLINE {
}