RE: [PATCH 2/2] gdb: Enable finish command and inferior calls for _Float16 on amd64 and i386.

["Willgerodt, Felix" <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>]

> Is _Float16 equivalent to fp16? If so, the presence of yet another name for a
> fp16 type is a bit unfortunate.
> 

They are the same usually, but on ARM the story is apparently a bit more complex:
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Half-Precision.html

But to cite the link:
" The __fp16 type may only be used as an argument to intrinsics defined in
<arm_fp16.h>, or as a storage format."

And:
"It is recommended that portable code use the _Float16 type defined by
ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015."

Therefore I don't think it is that unfortunate and not really negotiable by now.
Both GCC and clang know about both already.

> > -  if (type->code () == TYPE_CODE_FLT)
> > +  /* _FLoat16 and _Float16 _Complex values are returned via xmm0.  */
> 
> _Float16
>

Thanks for spotting this. I fixed it locally.

> > +/* Test program for bfloat16 of AVX 512 registers.
> 
> float16 and not bfloat16, right?
> 

Thanks. I reworded it to say:
"Test program for _Float16 parameters and return values."

Regards,
Felix
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