[lworld+fp16] RFR: 8329817: Augment prototype Float16 class [v13]

[Joe Darcy]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:20:10 GMT, Brian Goetz <briangoetz at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Why separate entry points for `add` and `sum`?

See previous comment https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/pull/1117#discussion_r1640103814

tl;dr for this stage of the work, I didn't want to disable the existing `sum` intrinsic, but I think an `add` method works better in a larger context where methods for subtraction, multiplication, and division are being added.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1117#issuecomment-2174435109