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by klodolph 1095 days ago
You can

    const x = min(a, b)
assuming a and b are const.
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I can't think of a use case for that. If all the inputs are consts, then you know the values and can just assign it to be the less of a or b. Am I missing something here?
Const are build-time constants, they are not necessarily the same value across all build configurations.
That’s a good point.
> I can't think of a use case for that.

It helps to document intent.

Probably not so useful for min, but it can be more useful for more complex functions.