Terms and Syntax

The following are special terms and syntax used in this chapter to describe functionality of the classes with respect to their associated operations.

Ivec Class Syntax Conventions

The name of each class denotes the data type, signedness, bit size, and number of elements using the following generic format:

<type><signedness><bits>vec<elements>

{ F | I } { s | u } { 128 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 8 } vec { 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 }

where

Special Terms and Conventions

The following terms are used to define the functionality and characteristics of the classes and operations defined in this manual.