On 13 January 2012 22:37, Walter Bright <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:
Also, slight bikeshedding issue: I'm not so sure on using names like int4 for
vectors. You see things like int32 a lot to mean a 32-bit integer, or int8 to
mean an 8-bit integer. Using this notation for vectors may be confusing.
As for what to change it to, I don't really care. int4v, vec_int4, int_vector4,
anything. It doesn't matter.
It's a hard call. I like float4/int4, and like the similarity to Cg/HLSL personally. And these are the types that will be used 99% of the time.
short8 is very rare by comparison... I'm quite apprehensive about making a compromise for the significantly less frequently used type.
That said, it did make me a little uncomfortable the moment I read it...