x86simdsort::object_qsort for int16_t

[Serge-sudo]

x86simdsort::object_qsort for object with extractor return type int16_t does not work

[Serge-sudo]

undefined reference to `void x86simdsort::keyvalue_qsort<short, unsigned int>(short*, unsigned int*, unsigned long, bool, bool)'

[r-devulap]

@Serge-sudo Currently x86simdsort::object_qsort it is only supported when extractor type returns a 32-bit and 64-bit data types. Is it possible to up-cast the int16_t to int32_t?

[Serge-sudo]

Yep. I just wanted to use int16_t for faster result, as in one simd instruction we can fit two times more int16 than int32

[r-devulap]

Right, unfortunately we don't have a SIMD implementation for keyvalue sort which the objectsort relies on.

[Serge-sudo]

Is it something hard to implement ?, or just unusable? The function x86simdsort::qsort can work over int16 just fine.

[r-devulap]

Not really, just haven't prioritized it for lack of a use case it can benefit from.