# Compile-Time Inputs

> The requirement that the inputs a computation needs be known at compile time so it can run then.

Record: `lexicon:compile-time-inputs`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-compile-time-inputs

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Build Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/build-complexity.md) and before [Early Error Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/early-error-detection.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Required by

- [Compile-Time Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/compile-time-evaluation.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)