[vectorIntrinsics+fp16] RFR: 8299373: Extend vector conversion APIs for Halffloat type. [v2]

[Swati Sharma]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 08:56:55 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <jbhateja at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Swati Sharma has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   8299373: Intrinsification issues resolved for Halffloat.
>
> test/jdk/jdk/incubator/vector/AbstractVectorConversionTest.java line 381:
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>> 379:             Number v = (Number) Array.get(src, srcPos + i);
>> 380:             if (srcSpecies.elementType() == Halffloat.class) {
>> 381:                  v = (Number) Halffloat.valueOf(v.shortValue()).floatValue();
> 
> Any specific reason for not directly calling Float.float16ToFloat(short) here ?

Done.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/208