rust-lang / rust-lang/portable-simd

Clarify relation to variable length vectors

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Description

There are some variable SIMD designs upcomming form RISC-5 or Arm.
It be a good idea to extend stdsimd to these features or document why this is not possible.

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Research direction

Read the stdsimd design and the linked RISC-V and Arm materials first. Determine whether variable-length vector support fits the project; done means either a scoped extension plan or documentation explaining why it cannot be supported.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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