benibus commented on code in PR #36073: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/36073#discussion_r1333518630
########## cpp/src/arrow/util/float16.h: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one +// or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file +// distributed with this work for additional information +// regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file +// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the +// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance +// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at +// +// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 +// +// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, +// software distributed under the License is distributed on an +// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY +// KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the +// specific language governing permissions and limitations +// under the License. + +#pragma once + +#include <array> +#include <cstdint> +#include <cstring> +#include <iosfwd> +#include <limits> +#include <type_traits> + +#include "arrow/util/endian.h" +#include "arrow/util/macros.h" +#include "arrow/util/ubsan.h" +#include "arrow/util/visibility.h" + +namespace arrow { +namespace util { + +/// \brief Class representing an IEEE half-precision float, encoded as a `uint16_t` +/// +/// The exact format is as follows (from LSB to MSB): +/// - bits 0-10: mantissa +/// - bits 10-15: exponent +/// - bit 15: sign +/// +class ARROW_EXPORT Float16 { + public: + Float16() = default; + constexpr explicit Float16(uint16_t value) : value_(value) {} Review Comment: Since the class now supports construction from `float`/`double`, it _seems_ like a bad idea for this to be a public constructor as well (an integer won't implicitly convert to floating point like one might expect) - so I might change some things around. However, LMK if there are any suggestions for the API in general. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
