diff --git a/src/ast.fs b/src/ast.fs
index 7080ab41..f9c3b1e2 100644
--- a/src/ast.fs
+++ b/src/ast.fs
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ open Options.Globals
 
 type Ident(name: string) =
     let mutable newName = name
-    let mutable inlined = newName.StartsWith("i_")
-    let mutable lValue = false
 
     member this.Name = newName
     member this.OldName = name
     member this.Rename(n) = newName <- n
-    member this.ToBeInlined = inlined
-    member this.Inline() = inlined <- true
-    member this.IsLValue = lValue
-    member this.MarkLValue() = lValue <- true
+    member val ToBeInlined = newName.StartsWith("i_") with get, set
+    member val IsLValue = false with get, set
+    member val IsConst = false with get, set
 
      // Real identifiers cannot start with a digit, but the temporary ids of the rename pass are numbers.
     member this.IsUniqueId = System.Char.IsDigit this.Name.[0]
diff --git a/src/rewriter.fs b/src/rewriter.fs
index 908225f7..195f434a 100644
--- a/src/rewriter.fs
+++ b/src/rewriter.fs
@@ -236,15 +236,18 @@ let collectReferences stmtList =
 // Variables are always safe to inline when all of:
 //  - the variable is used only once in the current block
 //  - the variable is not used in a sub-block (e.g. inside a loop)
-//  - the init value is trivial (doesn't depend on a variable)
+//  - the init value refers only to constants
 // When aggressive inlining is enabled, additionally inline when all of:
 //  - the variable never appears in an lvalue position (is never written to
 //    after initalization)
-//  - the init value is trivial
+//  - the init value is has no dependency
+// The init is considered trivial when:
+//  - it doesn't depend on a variable
+//  - it depends only on variables proven constants
 let findInlinable block =
     // Variables that are defined in this scope.
-    // The boolean indicates if the variable initialization has dependencies.
-    let localDefs = Dictionary<string, (Ident * bool)>()
+    // The booleans indicate if the variable initialization has dependencies / unsafe dependencies.
+    let localDefs = Dictionary<string, (Ident * bool * bool)>()
     // List of expressions in the current block. Do not look in sub-blocks.
     let mutable localExpr = []
     for stmt: Stmt in block do
@@ -256,9 +259,16 @@ let findInlinable block =
                 | None -> ()
                 | Some init ->
                     localExpr <- init :: localExpr
-                    // Inline only if the init value doesn't depend on other variables.
                     let deps = collectReferences [Expr init]
-                    localDefs.[def.name.Name] <- (def.name, deps.Count > 0)
+                    let hasUnsafeDep = deps |> Seq.exists (fun kv ->
+                        if localDefs.ContainsKey kv.Key then
+                            // A local variable not reassigned is effectively constant.
+                            let ident, _, _ = localDefs.[kv.Key]
+                            ident.IsLValue
+                        else
+                            true
+                    )
+                    localDefs.[def.name.Name] <- (def.name, deps.Count > 0, hasUnsafeDep)
         | Expr e
         | Jump (_, Some e) -> localExpr <- e :: localExpr
         | Verbatim _ | Jump (_, None) | Block _ | If _| ForE _ | ForD _ | While _ | DoWhile _ | Switch _ -> ()
@@ -267,13 +277,16 @@ let findInlinable block =
     let allReferences = collectReferences block
     
     for def in localDefs do
-        let ident, hasInitDeps = def.Value
+        let ident, hasInitDeps, hasUnsafeDeps = def.Value
         if not ident.ToBeInlined then
+            // AggroInlining could in theory do inlining when hasUnsafeDeps=false.
+            // However, it seems to increase the compressed size, and might affect performance.
             if options.aggroInlining && not hasInitDeps && not ident.IsLValue then
-                ident.Inline()
+                ident.ToBeInlined <- true
+
             match localReferences.TryGetValue(def.Key), allReferences.TryGetValue(def.Key) with
-            | (true, 1), (true, 1) when not hasInitDeps -> ident.Inline()
-            | (false, _), (false, _) -> ident.Inline()
+            | (true, 1), (true, 1) when not hasUnsafeDeps -> ident.ToBeInlined <- true
+            | (false, _), (false, _) -> ident.ToBeInlined <- true
             | _ -> ()
 
 let private simplifyStmt = function
@@ -333,7 +346,7 @@ let inlineAllConsts li =
         // compiler would have yelled if it weren't really really const, so we
         // can brutishly just inline it.
         | ({typeQ = tyQ}, defs) as d when List.contains "const" tyQ ->
-            for (def:DeclElt) in defs do def.name.Inline()
+            for (def:DeclElt) in defs do def.name.ToBeInlined <- true
             d
         | d -> d
     let mapStmt = function
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@ let markLValues li =
     let markVars env = function
         | Var v as e ->
             match env.vars.TryFind v.Name with
-            | Some (_, {name = vv}) -> vv.MarkLValue(); e
+            | Some (_, {name = vv}) -> vv.IsLValue <- true; e
             | _ -> e
         | e -> e
     let assignOps = Set.ofList ["="; "+="; "-="; "*="; "/="; "%=";
@@ -380,7 +393,7 @@ let markLValues li =
         let assignQuals = Set.ofList ["out"; "inout"]
         let argAssigns (ty, _) =
             List.exists (fun tyQ -> Set.contains tyQ assignQuals) ty.typeQ
-        if List.exists argAssigns args then id.MarkLValue()
+        if List.exists argAssigns args then id.IsLValue <- true
     let processTl = function
         | Function(fct, _) -> maybeMarkFct fct
         | _ -> ()
@@ -395,7 +408,8 @@ let simplify li =
     // markLValues doesn't change the AST so we could do it unconditionally,
     // but we only need the information for aggroInlining so don't bother if
     // it's off.
-    |> if options.aggroInlining then markLValues >> inlineAllConsts else id
+    |> markLValues
+    |> if options.aggroInlining then inlineAllConsts else id
     |> iterateSimplifyAndInline
     |> List.choose (function
         | TLDecl (ty, li) -> TLDecl (rwType ty, declsNotToInline li) |> Some
diff --git a/tests/real/mandelbulb.expected b/tests/real/mandelbulb.expected
index 60ac59ae..d014d8aa 100644
--- a/tests/real/mandelbulb.expected
+++ b/tests/real/mandelbulb.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* File generated with Shader Minifier 1.3
+/* File generated with 
  * http://www.ctrl-alt-test.fr
  */
 #ifndef MANDELBULB_EXPECTED_
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ const char *mandelbulb_frag =
        "n=n*8.;"
        "c=v+z*vec3(sin(s)*sin(n),cos(s),sin(s)*cos(n));"
        "\n#else\n"
-       "float d=c.x,m=d*d,p=m*m,l=c.y,a=l*l,r=a*a,w=c.z,g=w*w,u=g*g,q=m+g,b=inversesqrt(q*q*q*q*q*q*q),F=p+r+u-6.*a*g-6.*m*a+2.*g*m,C=m-a+g;"
-       "c.x=v.x+64.*d*l*w*(m-g)*C*(p-6.*m*g+u)*F*b;"
-       "c.y=v.y+-16.*a*q*C*C+F*F;"
-       "c.z=v.z+-8.*l*C*(p*p-28.*p*m*g+70.*p*u-28.*m*g*u+u*u)*F*b;"
+       "float d=c.x,m=d*d,p=m*m,l=c.y,r=l*l,a=c.z,w=a*a,g=w*w,u=m+w,q=inversesqrt(u*u*u*u*u*u*u),b=p+r*r+g-6.*r*w-6.*m*r+2.*w*m,F=m-r+w;"
+       "c.x=v.x+64.*d*l*a*(m-w)*F*(p-6.*m*w+g)*b*q;"
+       "c.y=v.y+-16.*r*u*F*F+b*b;"
+       "c.z=v.z+-8.*l*F*(p*p-28.*p*m*w+70.*p*g-28.*m*w*g+g*g)*b*q;"
        "\n#endif\n"
        "x=dot(c,c);"
        "i=min(i,vec4(c.xyz*c.xyz,x));"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const char *mandelbulb_frag =
    "f=0.;"
    "return true;"
  "}"
- "bool f(vec3 v,vec3 c,out float o,float y,out vec3 x,out vec4 t,float q)"
+ "bool f(vec3 v,vec3 c,out float o,float y,out vec3 x,out vec4 t,float u)"
  "{"
    "vec4 i=vec4(0.,0.,0.,1.25);"
    "vec2 e;"
@@ -65,26 +65,26 @@ const char *mandelbulb_frag =
    "float n;"
    "vec3 s;"
    "vec4 m;"
-   "float g=1./sqrt(1.+q*q);"
-   "for(float a=e.x;a<e.y;)"
+   "float w=1./sqrt(1.+u*u);"
+   "for(float r=e.x;r<e.y;)"
      "{"
-       "vec3 z=v+c*a;"
-       "float d=clamp(.001*a*g,1e-6,.005),p=d*.1;"
-       "vec4 u;"
+       "vec3 z=v+c*r;"
+       "float d=clamp(.001*r*w,1e-6,.005),p=d*.1;"
+       "vec4 q;"
        "float l;"
        "if(f(z,l,m))"
-         "return o=a,x=normalize(s),t=m,true;"
-       "float w;"
-       "f(z+vec3(p,0.,0.),w,u);"
+         "return o=r,x=normalize(s),t=m,true;"
+       "float g;"
+       "f(z+vec3(p,0.,0.),g,q);"
+       "float a;"
+       "f(z+vec3(0.,p,0.),a,q);"
        "float b;"
-       "f(z+vec3(0.,p,0.),b,u);"
-       "float r;"
-       "f(z+vec3(0.,0.,p),r,u);"
-       "s=vec3(w-l,b-l,r-l);"
+       "f(z+vec3(0.,0.,p),b,q);"
+       "s=vec3(g-l,a-l,b-l);"
        "n=.5*l*p/length(s);"
        "if(n<d)"
-         "return t=m,x=normalize(s),o=a,true;"
-       "a+=n;"
+         "return t=m,x=normalize(s),o=r,true;"
+       "r+=n;"
      "}"
    "return false;"
  "}"
@@ -93,30 +93,30 @@ const char *mandelbulb_frag =
    "vec2 v=-1.+2.*gl_FragCoord.xy/resolution.xy,c=v*vec2(1.33,1.);"
    "vec3 x=vec3(.577,.577,.577),o=vec3(-.707,0.,.707);"
    "float y=1.,s=1.4+.2*cos(6.28318*time/20.);"
-   "vec3 z=vec3(s*sin(6.28318*time/20.),.3-.4*sin(6.28318*time/20.),s*cos(6.28318*time/20.)),p=vec3(0.,.1,0.),m=normalize(p-z),u=vec3(0.,1.,0.),g=normalize(cross(m,u)),t=normalize(cross(g,m)),e=normalize(c.x*g+c.y*t+1.5*m),l,i;"
-   "vec4 a;"
-   "float q;"
-   "if(!f(z,e,q,1e20,l,a,y))"
+   "vec3 z=vec3(s*sin(6.28318*time/20.),.3-.4*sin(6.28318*time/20.),s*cos(6.28318*time/20.)),p=vec3(0.,.1,0.),m=normalize(p-z),t=vec3(0.,1.,0.),r=normalize(cross(m,t)),w=normalize(cross(r,m)),e=normalize(c.x*r+c.y*w+1.5*m),l,i;"
+   "vec4 u;"
+   "float b;"
+   "if(!f(z,e,b,1e20,l,u,y))"
      "i=1.3*vec3(1.,.98,.9)*(.7+.3*e.y);"
    "else"
      "{"
-       "vec3 n=z+q*e;"
+       "vec3 n=z+b*e;"
        "float d=clamp(.2+.8*dot(x,l),0.,1.);"
        "d=d*d;"
-       "float C=clamp(.3+.7*dot(o,l),0.,1.),w=clamp(1.25*a.w-.4,0.,1.);"
-       "w=w*w*.5+.5*w;"
-       "float b;"
-       "vec3 r;"
-       "vec4 F;"
+       "float F=clamp(.3+.7*dot(o,l),0.,1.),a=clamp(1.25*u.w-.4,0.,1.);"
+       "a=a*a*.5+.5*a;"
+       "float q;"
+       "vec3 g;"
+       "vec4 C;"
        "if(d>.001)"
-         "if(f(n,x,b,1e20,r,F,y))"
+         "if(f(n,x,q,1e20,g,C,y))"
            "d=.1;"
        "i=vec3(1.,1.,1.);"
-       "i=mix(i,vec3(.8,.6,.2),sqrt(a.x)*1.25);"
-       "i=mix(i,vec3(.8,.3,.3),sqrt(a.y)*1.25);"
-       "i=mix(i,vec3(.7,.4,.3),sqrt(a.z)*1.25);"
-       "i*=(.5+.5*l.y)*vec3(.14,.15,.16)*.8+d*vec3(1.,.85,.4)+.5*C*vec3(.08,.1,.14);"
-       "i*=vec3(pow(w,.8),pow(w,1.),pow(w,1.1));"
+       "i=mix(i,vec3(.8,.6,.2),sqrt(u.x)*1.25);"
+       "i=mix(i,vec3(.8,.3,.3),sqrt(u.y)*1.25);"
+       "i=mix(i,vec3(.7,.4,.3),sqrt(u.z)*1.25);"
+       "i*=(.5+.5*l.y)*vec3(.14,.15,.16)*.8+d*vec3(1.,.85,.4)+.5*F*vec3(.08,.1,.14);"
+       "i*=vec3(pow(a,.8),pow(a,1.),pow(a,1.1));"
        "i=1.5*(i*.15+.85*sqrt(i));"
      "}"
    "vec2 d=v*.5+.5;"
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline-aggro.expected b/tests/unit/inline-aggro.expected
index e75bc1d9..98d584ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline-aggro.expected
+++ b/tests/unit/inline-aggro.expected
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 float inl1()
 {
-  float f=42.,g=2.*f;
-  return f+g;
+  float f=42.;
+  return f+2.*f;
 }
 float inl2(float x)
 {
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ float inl2(float x)
 }
 float inl3()
 {
-  const float f=acos(-1.),g=2.*f;
-  return.75*g;
+  const float f=acos(-1.);
+  return 2.*f*.75;
 }
 float inl4()
 {
-  const float f=acos(-1.),g=2.*f;
-  return.75*g;
+  const float f=acos(-1.);
+  return 2.*f*.75;
 }
 const float foo=123.;
 float inl5()
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline-fn.expected b/tests/unit/inline-fn.expected
index fd46a01b..1f478069 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline-fn.expected
+++ b/tests/unit/inline-fn.expected
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ float c()
 }
 float d()
 {
-  float f=7.,g=f*f+1.;
-  return g+4.;
+  float f=7.;
+  return f*f+1.+4.;
 }
 float e()
 {
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline.aggro.expected b/tests/unit/inline.aggro.expected
index 8d2448e7..ee3adcdb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline.aggro.expected
+++ b/tests/unit/inline.aggro.expected
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ float multiPass2()
 {
   return 9.;
 }
+uniform int time;
+in int sync;
+void dependOnConst()
+{
+  int x=time+sync;
+  return x*2*3;
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline.expected b/tests/unit/inline.expected
index 52084a0f..02894bb1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline.expected
+++ b/tests/unit/inline.expected
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 float result;
 void main()
 {
-  float x=.5,a=.6*x*x;
-  result=a;
+  float x=.5;
+  result=.6*x*x;
 }
 int arithmetic()
 {
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ int vars(int arg,int arg2)
 }
 int arithmetic2()
 {
-  int a=2,c=a+3;
-  return 4*a*c;
+  int a=2;
+  return 4*a*(a+3);
 }
 int unusedVars()
 {
@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ float multiPass2()
 {
   return 9.;
 }
+uniform int time;
+in int sync;
+void dependOnConst()
+{
+  int x=time+sync;
+  return x*2*3;
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline.frag b/tests/unit/inline.frag
index eb0ac50f..d909ba51 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline.frag
+++ b/tests/unit/inline.frag
@@ -59,3 +59,12 @@ float multiPass2() {
   float b = i_a + 5.0;
   return b;
 }
+
+uniform int time;
+in int sync;
+
+void dependOnConst() {
+  int x = time + sync;
+  int y = x * 2;
+  return y*3;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/inline.no.expected b/tests/unit/inline.no.expected
index 88c26c96..25c70fb4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/inline.no.expected
+++ b/tests/unit/inline.no.expected
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ float multiPass2()
   float b=9.;
   return b;
 }
+uniform int time;
+in int sync;
+void dependOnConst()
+{
+  int x=time+sync,y=x*2;
+  return y*3;
+}