Vectors for char

[Paul Sandoz]

Hi Rado,

We have added support for char[] <-> ShotVector on the development branch:

  https://github.com/openjdk/panama-vector/tree/vectorIntrinsics

We are currently in the process of adding unsigned comparison operations to this branch, WIP:

  https://github.com/PaulSandoz/panama-vector/tree/unsigned-comparison-operators

That should be sufficient for most cases so we don’t need to add CharVector.

Paul.

> On Apr 15, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Radosław Smogura <mail at smogura.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I hope this message finds you well.
> 
> I wonder why there’s no vector support for char arrays?
> 
> AFIK, 16bit chars can be processed in same way as shorts.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Rado