[m-rev.] problems with abs for int{8,16,32}

[Julien Fischer]

Hi,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:

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> On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:53:16 +1100 (AEDT), Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:

>>> I checked, and the abs operation on e.g. min_int8 throws
>>> an exception, as expected, when invoked directly from main,
>>> but the exception vanishes when invoked from within a try block.
>>>
>>> Julien, I think fixing this is up to you. I am attaching my cut-down
>>> test case to save you a bit of work.
>>
>> The issue here is the handling of sub-word sized types in scalar common
>> data; the runtime machinery for doing looks up in common data cannot
>> handle fields being less than a word in size.  The fix here is to ensure
>> that an field in static data are at least a word in size (which is
>> indeed precisely how the MLDS backend handles it).
>>
>> I'll post a fix for this in the next couple of days.
>
> I am probably more familiar with the common data system than you are.
> If you can describe the problem to me in more detail, I can maybe fix it
> while waiting for Peter's review of my change to du_type_layout.m.

If you have not fixed this or are not intending to fix it anytime soon,
could you please let me know and I will have a look at it this weekend.

Julien.