Re: [eigen] State of eigen support for small integers(16 bit, signed/unsigned)

[Patrick Mihelich <patrick.mihelich@xxxxxxxxx>]

I did intend to add support for small integers, but as usual I got distracted by other things. You're right, I have no patches :)

I'm actually interested in 8-bit integers, but if you can get 16-bit integers working I imagine 8-bit will be trivial to add.

Patrick

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Rohit Garg <rpg.314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

What is the state of eigen's support for small integers(16 bit,
signed/unsigned). I had a look at the  branch over at bitbucket, and
there doesn't seem to be any small int specific patches in it.

https://bitbucket.org/mihelich/eigen2/overview/

Any body care to comment on the state of this branch?

If I need to add support for small ints to eigen, what do I need to
do? I need all bitwise ops, and yes, 16 bit*16 bit =  32 bit unsigned
integer multiplication (vectorized of course). Suggestions?

BTW, are such features even welcome in eigen?
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Rohit Garg

http://rpg-314.blogspot.com/

Senior Undergraduate
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay