const char *addr_of_char(unsigned char ch) {
  static const char byte[] = {
      0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b,
      0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
      0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23,
      0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f,
      0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b,
      0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f, 0x40, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47,
      0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f, 0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53,
      0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, 0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f,
      0x60, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, 0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b,
      0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f, 0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77,
      0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x7b, 0x7c, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0x7f, 0x80, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83,
      0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87, 0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x8d, 0x8e, 0x8f,
      0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96, 0x97, 0x98, 0x99, 0x9a, 0x9b,
      0x9c, 0x9d, 0x9e, 0x9f, 0xa0, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0xa3, 0xa4, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xa7,
      0xa8, 0xa9, 0xaa, 0xab, 0xac, 0xad, 0xae, 0xaf, 0xb0, 0xb1, 0xb2, 0xb3,
      0xb4, 0xb5, 0xb6, 0xb7, 0xb8, 0xb9, 0xba, 0xbb, 0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0xbf,
      0xc0, 0xc1, 0xc2, 0xc3, 0xc4, 0xc5, 0xc6, 0xc7, 0xc8, 0xc9, 0xca, 0xcb,
      0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf, 0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7,
      0xd8, 0xd9, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xdd, 0xde, 0xdf, 0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3,
      0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7, 0xe8, 0xe9, 0xea, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef,
      0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7, 0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb,
      0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff,
  };
  return byte + ch;
}


x86 assembly (clang, -O0):
<addr_of_char>:
push   %rbp
mov    %rsp,%rbp
mov    %dil,%al
mov    %al,-0x1(%rbp)
movzbl -0x1(%rbp),%eax
movslq %eax,%rcx
lea    0xee8(%rip),%rax
add    %rcx,%rax
pop    %rbp
ret

x86 assembly (clang, -O2):
<addr_of_char>:
mov    %edi,%ecx
lea    0xef7(%rip),%rax
add    %rcx,%rax
ret

LLVM IR (-O0):
@addr_of_char.byte = internal constant [256 x i8] c"\00\01\02\03\04\05\06\07\08\09\0A\0B\0C\0D\0E\0F\10\11\12\13\14\15\16\17\18\19\1A\1B\1C\1D\1E\1F !\22#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\7F\80\81\82\83\84\85\86\87\88\89\8A\8B\8C\8D\8E\8F\90\91\92\93\94\95\96\97\98\99\9A\9B\9C\9D\9E\9F\A0\A1\A2\A3\A4\A5\A6\A7\A8\A9\AA\AB\AC\AD\AE\AF\B0\B1\B2\B3\B4\B5\B6\B7\B8\B9\BA\BB\BC\BD\BE\BF\C0\C1\C2\C3\C4\C5\C6\C7\C8\C9\CA\CB\CC\CD\CE\CF\D0\D1\D2\D3\D4\D5\D6\D7\D8\D9\DA\DB\DC\DD\DE\DF\E0\E1\E2\E3\E4\E5\E6\E7\E8\E9\EA\EB\EC\ED\EE\EF\F0\F1\F2\F3\F4\F5\F6\F7\F8\F9\FA\FB\FC\FD\FE\FF"
define i8* @addr_of_char(i8 zeroext %0) {
%2 = alloca i8
store i8 %0, i8* %2
%3 = load i8, i8* %2
%4 = zext i8 %3 to i32
%5 = sext i32 %4 to i64
%6 = getelementptr inbounds i8, i8* getelementptr inbounds ([256 x i8], [256 x i8]* @addr_of_char.byte, i64 0, i64 0), i64 %5
ret i8* %6
}

LLVM IR (-O2):
@addr_of_char.byte = internal constant [256 x i8] c"\00\01\02\03\04\05\06\07\08\09\0A\0B\0C\0D\0E\0F\10\11\12\13\14\15\16\17\18\19\1A\1B\1C\1D\1E\1F !\22#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\7F\80\81\82\83\84\85\86\87\88\89\8A\8B\8C\8D\8E\8F\90\91\92\93\94\95\96\97\98\99\9A\9B\9C\9D\9E\9F\A0\A1\A2\A3\A4\A5\A6\A7\A8\A9\AA\AB\AC\AD\AE\AF\B0\B1\B2\B3\B4\B5\B6\B7\B8\B9\BA\BB\BC\BD\BE\BF\C0\C1\C2\C3\C4\C5\C6\C7\C8\C9\CA\CB\CC\CD\CE\CF\D0\D1\D2\D3\D4\D5\D6\D7\D8\D9\DA\DB\DC\DD\DE\DF\E0\E1\E2\E3\E4\E5\E6\E7\E8\E9\EA\EB\EC\ED\EE\EF\F0\F1\F2\F3\F4\F5\F6\F7\F8\F9\FA\FB\FC\FD\FE\FF"
define i8* @addr_of_char(i8 zeroext %0) {
%2 = zext i8 %0 to i64
%3 = getelementptr inbounds [256 x i8], [256 x i8]* @addr_of_char.byte, i64 0, i64 %2
ret i8* %3
}