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Re: Vector types and type conversions

Paolo Bonzini writes:
 > 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.
 > > 
 > > From what I can see of the source, this is deliberate.
 > 
 > The short answer is that AltiVec dictated this behavior. :-(  Longer 
 > answers were given by Ian and Paul, and I agree with them.

OK, so: firstly, is this behaviour actually documented anywhere?  In
AltiVec docs, maybe?

Secondly, can we fix it?

Andrew.
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