Re: Bug#1049960: ITP: half -- C++ library for half precision floating point arithmetics

[Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org>]

Hi Mathieu,

On 2023-08-22 13:29, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 1:27 PM Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> wrote:
>> * Package name    : half
>>   Version         : 2.2.0
>>   Upstream Author : Christian Rau
>> * URL             : https://sourceforge.net/projects/half/
>> * License         : MIT
>>   Programming Lang: C++
>>   Description     : C++ library for half precision floating point arithmetics
>>
>> This is a C++ header-only library to provide an IEEE-754 conformant
>> half-precision floating point type along with corresponding arithmetic
> 
> What's the difference with https://packages.debian.org/sid/libimath-dev ?
I don't know the particular differences. MIOpen depends on this
particular implementation.

>> operators, type conversions and common mathematical functions. It aims
>> for both efficiency and ease of use, trying to accurately mimic the
>> behaviour of the builtin floating point types at the best performance
>> possible. It automatically uses and provides C++11 features when
>> possible, but stays completely C++98-compatible when neccessary.
> 
> I believe gcc+c++20 provides _Float16 already. Who needs c++98 compat ?
I guess I could raise that at MIOpen upstream.

In any case, the package will remain in experimental until MIOpen itself
is ready.

>> This is needed by MIOpen, which is also in the process of being
>> packaged.

Best,
Christian