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Subject: Re: Altivec conditional?
From: Daniel Egger <degger@fhm.edu>
To: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
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Am Don, 2002-02-21 um 08.49 schrieb Aldy Hernandez:

> __ALTIVEC__
 
> but you have to include <altivec.h>

But I can only include <altivec.h> if I have a capable compiler.
That's not going to work as it's a chicken egg problem.
 
> the builtins are not supported.  Use the convenience macros (and
> overloaded C++ functions) defined in <altivec.h>.
 
> *DON'T* use the builtins.  The macros are prettier, and i hope to get
>  rid of the builtins one day...

I've only seen cplusplus code in there. How do I utilize altivec from
C without using builtins?
 
-- 
Servus,
       Daniel