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Miri (**MIR** **I**nterpreter) is a virtual machine for executing MIR without
The Miri (**MIR** **I**nterpreter) engine is a virtual machine for executing MIR without
compiling to machine code. It is usually invoked via `tcx.const_eval_*` functions.
In the following, we will refer to the Miri engine as just "Miri", but note that
there also is a stand-alone
[tool called "Miri"](https://github.com/rust-lang/miri/) that is based on the
engine (sometimes referred to as Miri-the-tool to disambiguate it from the
engine).

If you start out with a constant:

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