> Hi Chad, > >> According to the latest documentation I have the ACLE prototypes for >> vget/vset_lane_f16 are: >> >> float16_t vget_lane_f16(float16x4_t v, const int lane) > > My interpretation has always been that the prototypes and calling > conventions of the intrinsics themselves are merely notional. If the > program ever gets into the state of having to call one of them, > something has gone horribly wrong. They indicate the type-checking > desired of a compiler, but not much else (and that's QoI). > > That said, it appears the online ACLE I was referring to does date > from 2011. Do you have a more recent one, and does it promote __fp16 > to a more first-class status?
Ana Pazos and I have discussed this and I don't believe anything has changed since 2011. The half-float type shouldn't be passed as an argument or used as a return type. To that end.. > If not, the usual approach would be to implement these particular > intrinsics in terms of some macro expansion so that calling > conventions don't come into it. I'm working on this type of solution now. Thanks, Tim. > Tim. > _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@cs.uiuc.edu http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
