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Re: AVX types: __m256d versus __v4sd
James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> writes:
>>>>>> "ILT" == Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:
>
> ILT> Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@inria.fr> writes:
>>> On the other hand, Intel only documents __m256d (the may_alias
>>> version), so portability says to use that one.
>
> ILT> Yes.
>
> Does that also apply for the __m128 types?
Yes.
> If so, do the current info docs (I've only looked at 4.6 and earlier)
> document that? Should they be updated to do so?
The gcc documentation does not document the use of the Intel
intrinsics. They are documented by Intel.
I would not be opposed to documenting these intrinsics in the gcc docs,
but there is nothing there at present.
Ian