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constant folding

Working out an expression whose values are all known while compiling, so the program just uses the answer.

Constant folding evaluates operations on compile-time-constant operands during compilation and replaces them with the result.

Examples

  • int x = 3 * 4; compiles to mov eax, 12.

See also

constant propagation as-if rule
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