Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. A Hierarchy of Constants.- 3. Deciding Constants by Effective Weakest Preconditions.- 4. Limits of Parallel Flow Analysis.- 5. Parallel Flow Graphs.- 6. Non-atomic Execution.- 7. Dependence Traces.- 8. Detecting Copy Constants and Eliminating Faint Code.- 9. Complexity in the Non-atomic Scenario.- 10. Conclusion.- A. A Primer on Constraint-Based Program Analysis.