The following functions can be used to initialize vector registers as
undefined, all 0’s, with data from local memory, or with part of the values set from
another register and the remaining part are undefined. Initialization using the
undef_type() initializer ensures that the
compiler can optimize regardless of the undefined parts of the value.
v8int32 v;
v8int32 uv = undef_v8int32(); //undefined
v8int32 nv = null_v8int32(); //all 0's
v8int32 iv = *(v8int32 *) reals; //re-interpret "reals" as "v8int32" pointer and load value from it
v16int32 sv = xset_w(0, iv); //create a new 512-bit vector with lower 256-bit set with "iv"In the previous example, vector set intrinsic functions [T]set_[R] allow creating a vector where only one part
is initialized and the other parts are undefined. Here [T] indicates the target
vector register to be set, w for W register (256-bit), x for X register (512-bit),
and y for Y register (1024-bit). [R] indicates where the source value comes from, v
for V register (128-bit), w for W register (256-bit), and x for X register
(512-bit). Note that [R] width is smaller than [T] width. The valid vector set
intrinsic functions are, wset_v, xset_v, xset_w,
yset_v, yset_w, and yset_x.
The static keyword applies to the vector data
type as well. The default value is zero when not initialized and the value is kept
between graph run iterations.