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Richard Smith
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When constant evaluation produces a known non-symbolic value, treat the
result as a symbolic constant anyway if the type of the value is
symbolic.
We don't yet have many ways to produce a constant that has a known value
but a symbolic type. The added test case is one such way: an array `[T;
0]` initialized from `()` is a symbolic constant only because its type
is symbolic -- we know its value is always `()`. More ways to form such
constants will be appearing soon as we start to support generics: for
example, a method of a generic class has a symbolic type but a known
constant value of `{}`.
When substituting into a symbolic constant, also substitute into its
type.