Vectors for char

[Radosław Smogura]

Hi Paul,

Thank you. I’ll try to utilize it.

Maybe I’ll come with something interesting which works in C. 

Kind regards,
Rado

> On Apr 15, 2021, at 11:15 PM, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>