I named it that way because it is datatype conversion functionality, which is conceptually a lower layer than format conversion, which operates on multi-component formats, and is also totally independent of the existing format conversion functionality.
It is the only member of that layer because all other currently needed datatype conversions can be performed with trivial C language expressions: this could change as other unusual floating point datatypes are needed (e.g. 6e5 and 5e5 for EXT_packed_float). That said, feel free to rename it: it's just a cosmetic issue. Alternatively, maybe it a new data conversion prefix could be invented, like "u_convert_half.*" or something like that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
