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<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>half-float Conversion Configuration Options — Imath Documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/bizstyle.css" type="text/css" /> <script id="documentation_options" data-url_root="./" src="_static/documentation_options.js"></script> <script src="_static/jquery.js"></script> <script src="_static/underscore.js"></script> <script src="_static/doctools.js"></script> <script async="async" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.7/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script> <script src="_static/bizstyle.js"></script> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="search.html" /> <link rel="next" title="Floating Point Representation" href="float.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="C-language half-float Conversion" href="functions/half_c.html" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0" /> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="_static/css3-mediaqueries.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head><body> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="float.html" title="Floating Point Representation" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="functions/half_c.html" title="C-language half-float Conversion" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Imath</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">half-float Conversion Configuration Options</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body" role="main"> <div class="section" id="half-float-conversion-configuration-options"> <span id="id1"></span><h1>half-float Conversion Configuration Options<a class="headerlink" href="#half-float-conversion-configuration-options" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1> <p>The Imath library supports three options for conversion between 16-bit half and 32-bit float:</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li><p>Conversion from half to float via a 16-bit lookup table. Prior to Imath v3.1, this was the only method supported.</p></li> <li><p>F16C SSE instructions: single-instruction conversion for machine architectures that support it. When available, this is the fastest option, by far.</p></li> <li><p>Bit-shift conversion algorithm.</p></li> </ol> <p>To use the F16C SSE instruction set on an architecture that supports it, simply provide the appropriate compiler flags when building an application that includes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">half.h</span></code>. For g++ and clang, for example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">cmake</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"-m16fc"</span> <span class="o"><</span><span class="n">source</span> <span class="n">directory</span><span class="o">></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>When code including <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">half.h</span></code> is compiled with F16C enabled, it will automatically perform conversions using the instruction set. F16C compiler flags take precedence over other lookup-table-related Imath CMake settings.</p> <p>On architectures that do not support F16C, you may choose at compile-time between the bit-shift conversion and lookup table conversion via the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMATH_HALF_USE_LOOKUP_TABLE</span></code> CMake option:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">cmake</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">DIMATH_HALF_USE_LOOKUP_TABLE</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">OFF</span> <span class="o"><</span><span class="n">source</span> <span class="n">directory</span><span class="o">></span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Note that when building and installing the Imath library itself, the 65,536-entry lookup table symbol will be compiled into the library even if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMATH_HALF_USE_LOOKUP_TABLE</span></code> setting is false. This allows applications using that installed Imath library downstream to choose at compile time which conversion method to use.</p> <p>Applications with memory limitations that cannot accomodate the conversion lookup table can eliminate it from the library by building Imath with the C preprocessor define <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMATH_HALF_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE</span></code> defined. Note that this is a compile-time option, not a CMake setting (making it possible for application code to choose the desired behavior). Simply add:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#define IMATH_HALF_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>before including <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">half.h</span></code>, or define the symbol on the compile command line.</p> <p>Furthermore, an implementation wishing to receive <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FE_OVERFLOW</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FE_UNDERFLOW</span></code> floating point exceptions when converting float to half by the bit-shift algorithm can define the preprocessor symbol <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IMATH_HALF_ENABLE_FP_EXCEPTIONS</span></code> prior to including <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">half.h</span></code>:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#define IMATH_HALF_ENABLE_FP_EXCEPTIONS</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>By default, no exceptions are raised on overflow and underflow.</p> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <p class="logo"><a href="index.html"> <img class="logo" src="_static/imath-logo-blue.png" alt="Logo"/> </a></p> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="functions/half_c.html" title="previous chapter">C-language half-float Conversion</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="float.html" title="next chapter">Floating Point Representation</a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="_sources/half_conversion.rst.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3 id="searchlabel">Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </div> </div> <script>$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="float.html" title="Floating Point Representation" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="functions/half_c.html" title="C-language half-float Conversion" >previous</a> |</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Imath</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">half-float Conversion Configuration Options</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> © Copyright 2021, Contributors to the OpenEXR Project. 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