[vectorIntrinsics] RFR: Conversion test refactor

[Paul Sandoz]

Thanks, can you add yourself as a the reviewer so I can integrate?

Paul.

> On Nov 16, 2020, at 6:53 PM, Viswanathan, Sandhya <sandhya.viswanathan at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks a lot for simplifying the conversion tests. The patch looks good to me. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Sandhya
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: panama-dev <panama-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of Paul Sandoz
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 9:28 AM
> To: panama-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: [vectorIntrinsics] RFR: Conversion test refactor
> 
> Refactor the conversions tests:
> 
> - simplify the signature of the kernels
> 
> - improve the performance (hoisting out expected result from main loop)
> 
> - ensure contents of actual and expected arrays are compared.
> 
> The core change is to `AbstractVectorConversionTest.java` with many formulaic changes to the tests. A follow on change can be proposed to reduce the number of methods in each test by using a provider providing a cross product of values under test.
> 
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> Commit messages:
> - Refactor reinterpret_kernel
> - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/vectorIntrinsics' into conversion-test-refactor
> - Refactor tests to be faster.
> 
> Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/21/files
> Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=panama-vector&pr=21&range=00
>  Stats: 22701 lines in 6 files changed: 115 ins; 14633 del; 7953 mod
>  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/21.diff
>  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector pull/21/head:pull/21
> 
> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/21