On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 1:27 PM Christian Kastner <c...@debian.org> wrote: > > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Christian Kastner <c...@debian.org> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, debian...@lists.debian.org > > * Package name : half > Version : 2.2.0 > Upstream Author : Christian Rau > * URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/half/ > * License : MIT > Programming Lang: C++ > Description : C++ library for half precision floating point arithmetics > > This is a C++ header-only library to provide an IEEE-754 conformant > half-precision floating point type along with corresponding arithmetic
What's the difference with https://packages.debian.org/sid/libimath-dev ? > operators, type conversions and common mathematical functions. It aims > for both efficiency and ease of use, trying to accurately mimic the > behaviour of the builtin floating point types at the best performance > possible. It automatically uses and provides C++11 features when > possible, but stays completely C++98-compatible when neccessary. I believe gcc+c++20 provides _Float16 already. Who needs c++98 compat ? > This is needed by MIOpen, which is also in the process of being > packaged. > > This will be maintained by the Debian ROCm Team. >
