Compile Time Constant

A compile time constant (CTC) is a value that can be computed at compile time. There are two types of compile time constants.

• literals
• static constants which are initialized with a literal
• induction variables

There are two cases where only compile time constants are allowed.

• loop bound
• array size
• size in reverseBytes(bytes b, int size)
• size in repeat(T e, int size)

contract CTC {
    static const int N = 4;
    static const int LOOPCOUNT = 30;

    // A is not a CTC because the right hand size is an expression, not a literal
    static const int A = 2 + 1;
    // B is not a CTC because it is not static
    const int B = 2;

    public function unlock(int y) {
        int[N] arr = [1, 2, 3, 4];

        int z = 0;
        loop (LOOPCOUNT)
        {
            if (z<y) z += 4;
        }
        require(y == 1);
    }
}