Hi,
> > #[abi = "rust-intrinsic"]
> > native mod intrinsics {
> > fn bswap_i16(i: i16) -> i16;
> > }
> >
> > The rust intrinsics would all just be hardcoded into the compiler to
> > translate to the appropriate llvm intrinsics.
> >
> > As an llvm intrinsic:
> >
> > #[abi = "llvm-intrinsic"]
> > native mod intrinsics {
> > #[link_name = "bswap.i16"]
> > fn bswap_i16(i16: i16) -> i16;
> > }
> >
> > In this case rustc probably doesn't need to know anything specific about
> > the intrinsic - we just generate an intrinsic instruction with the given
> > name and types.
>
>
>
>
> is there any advantage from choosing one form over the other (maybe in terms
> of optimizability) beyond what already was mentioned?
>
turns out, ctlz and cttz need an i1 as a second argument, so I guess this means
there is the need to implement this via rust-intrinsic.
Stefan.
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