[vectorIntrinsics] RFR: 8265482: [vector] loading/storing byte vector from/to boolean[]

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:51:52 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

> A byte value is converted to a boolean value by way of the expression (b & 1) != 0 ? true : false, where b is the byte value.

I'm curious what's the motivation for relying on `(b & 1) != 0` instead of `b != 0`?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/71