Re: [boost] Going forward with Boost.SIMD

Subject: Re: [boost] Going forward with Boost.SIMD
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-22 11:06:25

On 22/04/13 16:03, Andrey Semashev wrote:

> I think the argument was that in one regard you point out that we cannot
> rely on compiler to optimize the code and in the other you suggest the
> opposite.

Some optimizations are trivial, some require complex analysis and 
transformation algorithms.

I don't think there is anything wrong with relying on the former.

> Although I admit that expression transform to FMA is simpler for the
> compiler to handle, I would still prefer to explicitly spell it out as a
> function call.

You can still spell it out explicitly if you want to.