[vectorIntrinsics] Integrated: Load/store short vectors from/to char[]

[Paul Sandoz]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:35:36 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Methods to load/store a `ShortVector` from/to `char[]`. These methods may be useful for encoding/decoding characters.
> 
> Unclear if aliasing of `char[]` and `short[]` causes issues for the intrinsic or for Hotspot code gen.
> 
> Testing-wise, it was easier to explicitly clone and reify the relevant tests rather than trying to generalize the template and its template arguments to distinguish between the vector type and the array type.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 5a4fd789
Author:    Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/commit/5a4fd789
Stats:     2782 lines in 69 files changed: 2279 ins; 496 del; 7 mod

Load/store short vectors from/to char[]

Reviewed-by: sviswanathan

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/22