vec_ld

Purpose

Loads a vector from the given memory address.

Syntax

d=vec_ld(a, b)

Result and argument types

The following tables describe the types of the returned value and the function arguments.

Table 1. Data type of function returned value and arguments (in 32-bit mode)
d a b
vector float int const vector float *
const float *
vector signed int const vector signed int *
const signed int *
vector unsigned int const vector unsigned int *
const unsigned int *
vector signed short const vector signed short *
const signed short *
vector unsigned short const vector unsigned short *
const unsigned short *
vector signed char const vector signed char *
const signed char*
vector unsigned char const vector unsigned char *
const unsigned char *
vector bool char const vector bool char *
vector bool int const vector bool int *
vector bool short const vector bool short *
vector pixel const vector pixel *
Table 2. Data type of function returned value and arguments (in 64-bit mode)
d a b
vector unsigned int signed long const unsigned long*
vector signed int const signed long*
vector unsigned char const vector unsigned char*
const unsigned char*
vector signed char const vector signed char*
const signed char*
vector unsigned short const vector unsigned short*
const unsigned short*
vector signed short const vector signed short*
const signed short*
vector unsigned int const vector unsigned int*
const unsigned int*
vector signed int const vector signed int*
const signed int*
vector float const vector float*
const float*
vector bool int const vector bool int*
vector bool char const vector bool char*
vector bool short const vector bool short*
vector pixel const vector pixel*

Result value

The value of a is added to the address that is specified by b, and the sum is truncated to a multiple of 16 bytes. The result is the content of the 16 bytes of memory starting at this address.