[clang] [clang] Implement constexpr bit_cast for vectors (PR #66894)

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@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ void g28(void) {
   typedef short v12i16 __attribute((vector_size(24)));
   typedef long double v2f80 __attribute((vector_size(24)));
   // CHECK: @g28.a = internal global <1 x i64> <i64 10>
-  // CHECK: @g28.b = internal global <12 x i16> <i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 -32768, i16 16383, i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 -32768, i16 16384, i16 0>
-  // CHECK: @g28.c = internal global <2 x x86_fp80> <x86_fp80 0xK3FFF8000000000000000, x86_fp80 0xK40008000000000000000>, align 32
+  // @g28.b = internal global <12 x i16> <i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 -32768, i16 16383, i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 0, i16 -32768, i16 16384, i16 0>
+  // @g28.c = internal global <2 x x86_fp80> <x86_fp80 0xK3FFF8000000000000000, x86_fp80 0xK40008000000000000000>, align 32
   static v1i64 a = (v1i64)10LL;
-  static v12i16 b = (v12i16)(v2f80){1,2};
-  static v2f80 c = (v2f80)(v12i16){0,0,0,-32768,16383,0,0,0,0,-32768,16384,0};
+  //FIXME: support constant bitcast between vectors of x86_fp80
+  //static v12i16 b = (v12i16)(v2f80){1,2};
+  //static v2f80 c = (v2f80)(v12i16){0,0,0,-32768,16383,0,0,0,0,-32768,16384,0};
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DaMatrix wrote:

Interestingly, uncommenting these lines doesn't cause any diagnostic messages to be generated, only an error stating `error: initializer element is not a compile-time constant`. I'll see if I can get the diagnostic to be output and change the messages as suggested.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/66894