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Re: patch: convert scalar literals to vector constants (PR/7277)
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Meissner <gcc-pat@the-meissners.org> writes:
> v4qi_t dup = (v4qi_t)1; /* 1 is duplicated into each byte */
Actually, I'm more in favor of this, since this is what other SIMD
compilers do. And it makes more sense, instead of the nonsense we
would now create by having:
v2sf_t dup = (v2sf_t)5LL;
Casting scalars is just plain ugly, but having 5LL be converted to
5.0F and propagated to all the elements is not as bad.
Aldy