[LLVMdev] Vectors in structures

[Renato Golin]

On 22 September 2010 03:43, Bob Wilson <bob.wilson at apple.com> wrote:
> But regardless they are still structures, right?  What does it mean for them to map onto other types?  Is the parser supposed to treat them as if they _were_ those other types?  If so, I think you need to define a type system for those fundamental vector types.  I had read those statements to say something about the data types used in the generated code.

Hi Bob,

Just tested with plain vectors and LLVM's back-end seems to get them
all right. Plain instructions (add, mul, sub) and intrinsics (adds,
subs, muls). Haven't seen any compatibility issues so far, not to
mention that the IR is a fifth of what Clang generates... ;)


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--renato

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