Make the rewrite rule system more powerful
It would be amazing if the current RULES system could be upgraded to include various predicates, or even into a full-on strategic programming system. This would allow far far more optimisations to be possible, rather than the current conservative system where you have to make sure that the optimisations ALWAYS apply.
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| Version | 7.8.2 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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