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Re:Constexpr-8cc: Compile-time C Compiler by euyyn on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:33PM (#12991188)
Can it be forced to be computed at compile-time, by static_assert'ing on the result of the computation?
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Re:Constexpr-8cc: Compile-time C Compiler by gpderetta on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:42PM (#12991242)
Yes, among other things. As long as a program can't tell the difference (as per the as-if rule), the compiler is free to delay tjee evaluation till runtime.
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