The 10/31/2025 12:38, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2025, Alfie Richards wrote:
> > Ping for this patch
>
> I'm doc maintainer, not an aarch64 subject matter expert who should have
> the final say. That said, some comments/questions:
>
> >> +As a part of ACLE, GCC implements extensions for Arm Vector extensions
> >> +as described in the ARM C Language Extensions Specification. The complete
> >> +list of Arm Vector extension intrinsics can be found at
> >> +@uref{https://arm-software.github.io/acle/main/}.
> >> +The built-in intrinsics for the ARM vector extensions are available when
> >> +the respective extensions are enabled.
>
> I personally find [Aa][Rr][Mm] branding and its changing nature confusing,
> and apparently even employees do. :-/
I won't pass judgement on Arms branding but I have been known to get
it wrong on occasion.
I will fix this and the below to be consistent.
>
> The paragraph above has both "Arm Vector extensions" and "ARM vector
> extensions" - where also Vector is cased inconsistently - and following
> the URL I see "Arm C Language Extensions", not "ARM C Language Extensions".
>
> Is "extensions ... extensions" technically the right wording?
Hmm yes this could be improved. Thank you!
>
> I recommend active voice instead of "can be found", e.g. "is available" or
> "You can find".
Ah thank you, I will update this.
>
> >> +Not all aspects of ACLE are supported.
>
> Yet?
Unfortunately not. There are certain features of the ACLE that we don't
currently plan to support. This is part of the reason for the macro features
where each section of the ACLE can be detected for support individually.
>
> Gerald
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