# Optimization Controls and Optimization Hints

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/optimization-controls-and-optimization-hints/81612>\
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**Created:** [August 12, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optimization-controls-and-optimization-hints/81612 "2025-08-12T16:16:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optimization-controls-and-optimization-hints/81612/7 "2025-08-12T19:29:00Z")

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Obligatory “`@inline(__always)` does not and cannot _guarantee_ inlining when the function is used as a value; however, this should not be considered a fatal flaw, as writing the function call inside a closure expression would have the same behavior; rather, it should merely be mentioned in any official documentation about it”.

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