rmuir commented on issue #12621: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues/12621#issuecomment-1753202064
@benwtrent I think a big source of confusion is that while the data might be `byte`, the related functions return 4-byte `int` and 4-byte `float` so from a vector api perspective, they are not going to be more efficient than the float variants. E.g. there's not a performance benefit from the data being "smaller", as the very first thing we have to do is convert them up... -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lucene.apache.org