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<!-- core spec. p. 265, section 6.12.7 --> Vector Data Load and Store Functions allow
you to read and write vector types from a pointer to memory.
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The generic type <type>gentype</type> is used to indicate the built-in data types
<type>char</type>, <type>uchar</type>, <type>short</type>, <type>ushort</type>,
<type>int</type>, <type>uint</type>, <type>long</type>, <type>ulong</type>,
<type>float</type>, or <type>double</type>.
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<para>
The generic type name <type>gentype<replaceable>n</replaceable></type>
represents <replaceable>n</replaceable>-element vectors of <type>gentype</type>
elements. The suffix <replaceable>n</replaceable> is also used in the
function names (i.e. <function>vload<replaceable>n</replaceable></function>,
<function>vstore<replaceable>n</replaceable></function>, etc.), where
<replaceable>n</replaceable> = 2, 3, 4, 8, or 16.
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<!-- core spec p. 271, section 6.12.7, re Table 6.15 --> The results of vector data
load and store functions are undefined if the address being read from or written to is
not correctly aligned. The pointer argument <varname>p</varname> can be a pointer to
<citerefentry href="global"><refentrytitle>__global</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry href="local"><refentrytitle>__local</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, or
<citerefentry href="private"><refentrytitle>__private</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
memory for store functions. The pointer argument
<varname>p</varname> can be a pointer to __global, __local, <citerefentry
href="constant"><refentrytitle>__constant</refentrytitle></citerefentry> or __private
memory for load functions.
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