Re: [fpc-devel] Future development plans

2020-04-22 Thread J. Gareth Moreton
We don't have to follow other languages exactly.  For example, I prefer "TM128" or "M128" over the C-like "_m128". Personally, I like the way you've named the intrinsics because it's very clear which instruction an intrinstic maps to, and which architecture it belongs to.  The operand order ca

Re: [fpc-devel] Future development plans

2020-04-21 Thread Jeppe Johansen
One issue with the current state of the intrinsics is that they don't really follow the common style among other languages, and there's no agreed consensus about what path to take yet. To implement the more common style would be a lot of work though compared to the current autogenerated way A

[fpc-devel] Future development plans

2020-04-21 Thread J. Gareth Moreton
Hi everyone, I hope this doesn't become a monthly podcast for me or something, but during my bursts of motivation, inspiration and creativity, I start to plan and research things.  There are a few things I'd like to develop for FPC, mostly together because there's a lot of interdependency. *