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