RFR: 8291118: [vectorapi] Optimize the implementation of lanewise FIRST_NONZERO

[Xiaohong Gong]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:16:24 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> Looks good.
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>> Thanks for looking at this patch @PaulSandoz ! 
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>>> Much better to flip the operation and the receiver + first arg to the blend.
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>> I'm not quite understand what the flip operation here mean. The current code is simple enough to me. Could you please show more details? Thanks a lot!
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>> > Much better to flip the operation and the receiver + first arg to the blend.
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>> I'm not quite understand what the flip operation here mean. The current code is simple enough to me. Could you please show more details? Thanks a lot!
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> I mean to say your approach is much better: changing `ne` to `eq` and changing the arguments to the blend.

Hi @PaulSandoz , may I get an approve from your side? Thanks so much!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9683