[issue17718] boolop constant checking for if/while

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[issue17718] boolop constant checking for if/while

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[issue17718] boolop constant checking for if/while

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[issue17718] boolop constant checking for if/while

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[issue17718] boolop constant checking for if/while

New submission from Stephen Tu: Here's a simple patch to optimize away constant boolean conjunctions/disjunctions. for example: def foo(): if 1 and 0: print("hi") now disassembles into: 7 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (None) 3 RETURN_VALUE while I realiz