Predict: bytecode introspection with `dis`

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📝 **Question:** Which function has FEWER bytecode ops after constant folding: `def add(a, b): return a + b` or `def add_const(): return 1 + 2`?

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💡 **Hint:** Re-read the theory above if unsure.

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# Python's compiler folds constant arithmetic at compile time.
# add(a, b) must load both args and call BINARY_OP at runtime.
# add_const() is folded to LOAD_CONST 3; RETURN_VALUE.
print('add_const')

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