[Mono-list] SSE - more specifically fast vector support

[d3x0r]

d3x0r wrote
> [Acceleration (AccelMode.SSE1)]
> public void Mult ( float scalar, out Vector4f r )
> {
> /* actually this method was slower under mono; this is also fast under MS
> */
>      r.x = scalar * x; r.y = scalar * y; r.z = scalar * z; r.w = scalar *
> w;
> }

I guess 'out' parameters aren't passed by reference.  Changing out to ref... 

[Acceleration (AccelMode.SSE1)]
public void Mult ( float scalar, ref Vector4f r )
{
     r.x = scalar * x; r.y = scalar * y; r.z = scalar * z; r.w = scalar * w;
}

results in an increasd performance

operator mult = 17357
out mult = 10863
del = 62.5%

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But; that means I can't use a math function to initialize a thing without
always creating a new one and copying that result  (out).

Vector4f v1, v2;

v1.Mult( 3.0f, out v2 ); // is valid because ti makes sure all members of v2
are initialized...
v1.Mult( 3.0f, ref v2 ); // is less-than valid because it may not be that
all members of v2 are initialized...


ref and out are the same performance under MS.




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