Vectors - GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals
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#### 11.6.4 Vectors

`VEC_LSHIFT_EXPR`
`VEC_RSHIFT_EXPR`
  These nodes represent whole vector left and right shifts, respectively. The first operand is the vector to shift; it will always be of vector type. The second operand is an expression for the number of bits by which to shift. Note that the result is undefined if the second operand is larger than or equal to the first operand's type size.
`VEC_WIDEN_MULT_HI_EXPR`
`VEC_WIDEN_MULT_LO_EXPR`
  These nodes represent widening vector multiplication of the high and low parts of the two input vectors, respectively. Their operands are vectors that contain the same number of elements (`N`) of the same integral type. The result is a vector that contains half as many elements, of an integral type whose size is twice as wide. In the case of `VEC_WIDEN_MULT_HI_EXPR` the high `N/2` elements of the two vector are multiplied to produce the vector of `N/2` products. In the case of `VEC_WIDEN_MULT_LO_EXPR` the low `N/2` elements of the two vector are multiplied to produce the vector of `N/2` products.
`VEC_UNPACK_HI_EXPR`
`VEC_UNPACK_LO_EXPR`
  These nodes represent unpacking of the high and low parts of the input vector, respectively. The single operand is a vector that contains `N` elements of the same integral or floating point type. The result is a vector that contains half as many elements, of an integral or floating point type whose size is twice as wide. In the case of `VEC_UNPACK_HI_EXPR` the high `N/2` elements of the vector are extracted and widened (promoted). In the case of `VEC_UNPACK_LO_EXPR` the low `N/2` elements of the vector are extracted and widened (promoted).
`VEC_UNPACK_FLOAT_HI_EXPR`
`VEC_UNPACK_FLOAT_LO_EXPR`
  These nodes represent unpacking of the high and low parts of the input vector, where the values are converted from fixed point to floating point. The single operand is a vector that contains `N` elements of the same integral type. The result is a vector that contains half as many elements of a floating point type whose size is twice as wide. In the case of `VEC_UNPACK_HI_EXPR` the high `N/2` elements of the vector are extracted, converted and widened. In the case of `VEC_UNPACK_LO_EXPR` the low `N/2` elements of the vector are extracted, converted and widened.
`VEC_PACK_TRUNC_EXPR`
  This node represents packing of truncated elements of the two input vectors into the output vector. Input operands are vectors that contain the same number of elements of the same integral or floating point type. The result is a vector that contains twice as many elements of an integral or floating point type whose size is half as wide. The elements of the two vectors are demoted and merged (concatenated) to form the output vector.
`VEC_PACK_SAT_EXPR`
  This node represents packing of elements of the two input vectors into the output vector using saturation. Input operands are vectors that contain the same number of elements of the same integral type. The result is a vector that contains twice as many elements of an integral type whose size is half as wide. The elements of the two vectors are demoted and merged (concatenated) to form the output vector.
`VEC_PACK_FIX_TRUNC_EXPR`
  This node represents packing of elements of the two input vectors into the output vector, where the values are converted from floating point to fixed point. Input operands are vectors that contain the same number of elements of a floating point type. The result is a vector that contains twice as many elements of an integral type whose size is half as wide. The elements of the two vectors are merged (concatenated) to form the output vector.
`VEC_EXTRACT_EVEN_EXPR`
`VEC_EXTRACT_ODD_EXPR`
  These nodes represent extracting of the even/odd elements of the two input vectors, respectively. Their operands and result are vectors that contain the same number of elements of the same type.
`VEC_INTERLEAVE_HIGH_EXPR`
`VEC_INTERLEAVE_LOW_EXPR`
  These nodes represent merging and interleaving of the high/low elements of the two input vectors, respectively. The operands and the result are vectors that contain the same number of elements (`N`) of the same type. In the case of `VEC_INTERLEAVE_HIGH_EXPR`, the high `N/2` elements of the first input vector are interleaved with the high `N/2` elements of the second input vector. In the case of `VEC_INTERLEAVE_LOW_EXPR`, the low `N/2` elements of the first input vector are interleaved with the low `N/2` elements of the second input vector.