in reply to Re^2: Why is const x const not a const?
in thread Why is const x const not a const?

So the expression definitely can be evaluated at compile time.

Any expression can be evaluated at compile-time. 

use constant FOOBAR => time;
say FOOBAR;
sleep 2;
say FOOBAR;

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