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[Manu]

On 13 January 2012 22:57, bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:

> Walter:
>
> > What's our vector, Victor?
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVq4_HhBK8Y
>
> Thank you Walter :-)
>
>
> > If int4 is out, I'd prefer something like vint4. Something short.
>
> Current names:
>
> void16
> double2
> float4
> byte16
> ubyte16
> short8
> ushort8
> int4
> uint4
> long2
>
> Your suggestion:
>
> vvoid16
> vdouble2
> vfloat4
> vbyte16
> vubyte16
> vshort8
> vushort8
> vint4
> vuint4
> vlong2
>
>
> My suggestion:
>
> void16v
> double2v
> float4v
> byte16v
> ubyte16v
> short8v
> ushort8v
> int4v
> uint4v
> long2v
>
> Bye,
> bearophile
>

I think I'd vote for leaving it as it is, swayed by the fact that the more
ambiguous types are super-rarely used. float4/int4 has a nice familiarity
with HLSL/Cg.
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