Hi, I'm using Visual Studio 2003 at the moment and I have a few of these inline functions within a C++ class:

inline C3DModel* GameObject::getModel()
{
	return &mModel
}

I have set the flag /Ob1 so that the compiler would expand inline functions however when it comes to linking, the compiler complains that it can't find the inline functions:

app.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class C3DModel * __thiscall GameObject::getModel(void)" (?getModel@GameObject@@QAEPAVC3DModel@@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl DrawModel(class GameObject *)" (?DrawModel@@YAXPAVGameObject@@@Z)
Release/assign2.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

The way I get around this is by defining the inline function within the class declaration but does anybody know what I did wrong when I try to use the inline keyword? Thanks.

Did you originally have the function definition in the header file for the class, or in the source file (.cpp)?

I have the declaration within the class in the header file:

class GameObject{public:    C3DModel* getModel();...}

But where I define the function and use the inline keyword is in the .cpp file. So you're right John - reading this (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bw1hbe6y(VS.71).aspx) MSDN article more closely, it says:
"A class member function defaults to external linkage unless a definition for that function contains the inline specifier. "

Thanks for the pointer!