Re: [Opencxx-users] Open C++ on MacOS X and AltiVec extensions

[Carsten P. <car...@ma...>]

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On Thursday 15 May 2003 08:39, you wrote:

Hi,

> Thanks a lot! The patch worked for my test program.
>
> While we are on the topic of adding AltiVec keywords to Open C++, I
> would just like to point out that AltiVec introduces 5 simple type
> keywords (of which __vector is one).
> The 5 simple type keywords are:
>
> __vector
> vector
> __pixel
> pixel
> bool
>
> __vector means the same thing as vector and __pixel means the same
> thing as pixel, just in case you were wondering.
> The AltiVec interface is a C interface, so that's why they added the
> bool keyword.
>
> AltiVec implementations are allowed to implement vector and pixel
> either as
> 1. #defines to vector and pixel
> 2. context sensitive keywords
>
> If you would like more information on the AltiVec interface, it is
> available from
> http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/ALTIVECPIM.pdf

The names vector, pixel and bool don't look like a good idea to me, as they=
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are commonly used in programs. So it's not that easy for OpenC++ to simply=
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ignore them. Not sure what to do about that :-/

Cheers
Carsten Pfeiffer
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