`half` cannot be bitcasted to `float`, because the two types are not the
same size. Use an expanding cast instead.
We were already doing this for stores to the tessellation levels; why I
didn't also do this for loads is beyond me.
Fix reversed coordinates: `y` should be used to calculate the row
address. Align row address to the row stride.
I've made the row alignment a function constant; this makes it possible
to override it at pipeline compile time.
Honestly, I don't know how this worked at all for Epic. It definitely
didn't work in the CTS prior to this.
MSL 2.3 has everything needed to support this extension on all
platforms. The existing `discard_fragment()` function was given demote
semantics, similar to Direct3D, and the `simd_is_helper_thread()`
function was finally added to iOS.
I've left the old test alone. Should I remove it in favor of these?
In some cases, we need to get a literal value from a spec constant op.
Mostly relevant when emitting buffers, so implement a 32-bit integer
scalar subset of the evaluator. Can be extended as needed to support
evaluating any specialization constant operation.
These need to use arrayed texture types, or Metal will complain when
binding the resource. The target layer is addressed relative to the
Layer output by the vertex pipeline, or to the ViewIndex if in a
multiview pipeline. Unlike with the s/t coordinates, Vulkan does not
forbid non-zero layer coordinates here, though this cannot be expressed
in Vulkan GLSL.
Supporting 3D textures will require additional work. Part of the problem
is that Metal does not allow texture views to subset a 3D texture, so we
need some way to pass the base depth to the shader.
Some older iOS devices don't support layered rendering. In that case,
don't set `[[render_target_array_index]]`, because the compiler will
reject the shader in that case. The client will then have to unroll the
render pass manually.
Account for a non-zero base instance when calculating the view index and
the "real" instance index. Before, it was likely broken with a non-zero
base instance, since the calculated instance index could be less than
the base instance.
- Do not silently drop reserved identifiers in the parser. This makes it
possible to reflect identifiers which are reserved by the
cross-compiler module.
- Instead of dropping the name, emit _RESERVED_IDENTIFIER_FIXUP in the
source to make it clear that a name has been rewritten.
- Document what is reserved and not.
