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Re: Vector types and type conversions

From: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:20:06 -0400
Subject: Re: Vector types and type conversions
References: <17478.12537.51193.943633@zapata.pink> <44463413.9010802@adacore.com> <20060419130523.GA10429@nevyn.them.org>

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 08:58:59AM -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:

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.a

Yes, that's the way C is defined


The C standard doesn't have vectors in it, so this hardly makes sense
as a response.  He's not talking about arrays.

Ah, OK, understood, sorry for my confusion ..

References:
- Vector types and type conversions
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: Vector types and type conversions
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: Vector types and type conversions
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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