Unity-Technologies / Unity-Technologies/Unity.Mathematics

Support for byte vector types - byte2, byte3 and byte4

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Description

Hello.
I think some may agree that support for byte vector types would come in handy. For example when working on textures, since Color32 already uses four bytes underneath. If there is no reason against it, i will look forward to it.

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Start by inspecting the repository's existing vector type implementations and their tests to understand naming, operators, and API conventions. The work is done when byte2, byte3, and byte4 are supported consistently with the other vector types and the relevant tests pass.

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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