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--- a/compiler/optimizing/constant_folding.h
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/constant_folding.h
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ namespace art {
* Optimization pass performing a simple constant-expression
* evaluation on the SSA form.
*
+ * Note that graph simplifications producing a constant should be
+ * implemented in art::HConstantFolding, while graph simplifications
+ * not producing constants should be implemented in
+ * art::InstructionSimplifier. (This convention is a choice that was
+ * made during the development of these parts of the compiler and is
+ * not bound by any technical requirement.)
+ *
* This class is named art::HConstantFolding to avoid name
* clashes with the art::ConstantPropagation class defined in
* compiler/dex/post_opt_passes.h.