[wwwdocs] Release notes for SVE

Richard Sandiford richard.sandiford@linaro.org
Tue Mar 20 09:17:00 GMT 2018


Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2018, Richard Sandiford wrote:
>> This patch updates the release notes to mention SVE.  OK to install?
>
> this looks fine, thank you!
>
>> Index: wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-8/changes.html
>> ===================================================================
>> +    The Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) is now supported as an
>> +    optional extension to the Armv8.2-A architecture and newer.
>> +    This support includes automatic vectorization with SVE instructions,
>
> How about just saying "This includes"?

I was a bit worried that that might read as "SVE includes..." rather than
"GCC's support for SVE includes...".

I thought I had to use the passive tense because all the other bullet
points in that section do, but I guess in some ways "GCC now supports..."
would avoid the shift in subject.

Thanks,
Richard



More information about the Gcc-patches mailing list