+.{* Note: the following are provided as inline functions rather than macros
+. because not all callers use the return value. A macro implementation
+. would use a comma expression, eg: "((ptr)->foo = val, TRUE)" and some
+. compilers will complain about comma expressions that have no effect. *}
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_set_section_userdata (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr,
+. void * val)
+.{
+. ptr->userdata = val;
+. return TRUE;
+.}
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_set_section_vma (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr, bfd_vma val)
+.{
+. ptr->vma = ptr->lma = val;
+. ptr->user_set_vma = TRUE;
+. return TRUE;
+.}
+.
+.static inline bfd_boolean
+.bfd_set_section_alignment (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr,
+. unsigned int val)
+.{
+. ptr->alignment_power = val;
+. return TRUE;
+.}
+.