[Verdex]

Yeah, but only if you use them to compute significant items during compilation.

The upside of course is that any computation you compute at compile time is a computation that you don't compute at runtime. For some applications this trade off is definitely worth the cost of admission.

At the end of the day it's a trade off that will have to be made in light of the scenario it's being used in. Being able to make that decision is a good thing.