initialize float4 (core.simd)

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On Saturday, 21 September 2019 at 12:50:46 UTC, Bogdan wrote:
> I'm trying to understand how to use the `core.simd` 
> functionality, and I'm having trouble initializing a float4 
> vector.
>
> Here's my example code:
>
> ```
> import std.stdio;
> import core.simd;
>
> void main()
> {
>   float[4] values = [1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f];
>   float delta = 15.0f;
>
>   writeln(doSimd(values, delta));
>
> }
>
> float[4] doSimd(float[4] values, float delta)
> {
>   float4 v_delta = delta;
>   float4 v_values = values;
>
>   // ... do SIMD ...
>
>   return [v_delta[0], v_delta[0],v_delta[0],v_delta[0]];
> }
> ```
>
> Compilation is failing with the following error:
>
> ```
> source/app.d(16,21): Error: cannot implicitly convert 
> expression values of type float[4] to __vector(float[4])
> dmd failed with exit code 1.
> ```
> How do you initialize a float4 with some useful data?

You should probably have a look at this...

https://github.com/AuburnSounds/intel-intrinsics