Re: Ichbiah 2022 compiler mode

"G.B." <bauhaus@notmyhomepage.invalid> wrote in message
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On 21.12.24 09:14, Randy Brukardt wrote:

...

Constants do help the compiler generate better code, although a lot of
the
benefits can be gained also by working harder. (That's what C compilers
do,
after all.)

>
What are some compilers offering today? That is, can they find
declarations
of variables that could be constants, if so instructed?

I was thinking from a code generation perspective, as opposed to static
analysis. These are really the same process, but in one case the output is
only for a computer, and in the other, the output is for a human. The needs
of those outputs are quite different. I think a lot of compilers do
optimizations of constants by discovery, but few compilers do much beyond
rudimentary static analysis. I expect that to change, but I may be an
optimist on that...

                        Randy.