1. Exactly what expressions need to get folded at compile-time is language-dependent. Therefore, front ends need to control what expressions get folded and how that folding takes place.
I think I'm agreeing with you, but I just want to make sure that "need" in the above means "required to be made into a constant by the semantics of the language".
Yes.
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