Paolo Bonzini writes: > Andrew Haley wrote: > > Converting a vector of floats (via a cast) to a vector of ints of the > > same size uses a VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR, so the data are simply copied, not > > converted. This is different from a cast from scalar float to int, > > where a conversion is performed. > > > > From what I can see of the source, this is deliberate. > > The short answer is that AltiVec dictated this behavior. :-( Longer > answers were given by Ian and Paul, and I agree with them.
OK, so: firstly, is this behaviour actually documented anywhere? In AltiVec docs, maybe? Secondly, can we fix it? Andrew.
