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Feedback from simd in the Parallelism TS 2
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names copy_from & copy_to #2

Open mattkretz opened 7 years ago

mattkretz commented 7 years ago

The names were discussed in SG1 and LEWG. If there is no new information via experience, WG21 should not spend any further time on renaming these functions. Consequently, this is a call for feedback from usage experience. We need arguments why a certain name works or does not work (clarity, ambiguity); no calls for preference.

iburyl commented 4 years ago

The existing names are clear, but if a set of functions be added for casting load/stores (see https://github.com/mattkretz/std-simd-feedback/issues/9), existing choice might not be the best one. New functions should better have consistent naming and store/load words will fit better because they are more generic words, than copy.

ibaned commented 3 years ago

based on our experience, load and store might be more consistent since these are the terms used by vendors when describing their corresponding intrinsics, including Intel, ARM, and IBM.