[expr.dynamic.cast] The phrase "runtime check" is not quite correct
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Description
dynamic_cast, which possibly performs the so-called "runtime check", is allowed in constant evaluation since C++20 via P1327R1. Perhaps we should choose another phrase to describe such checks.
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Start at the [expr.dynamic.cast] section referenced in the issue and locate the uses of the phrase "runtime check." Review the surrounding C++20 constant-evaluation wording and replace the phrase with terminology that remains accurate for dynamic_cast; done means the section no longer uses the disputed description and the draft text reads consistently.
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- cpp
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