f16 type for Rust
This crate implements a half-precision floating point f16 type for Rust implementing the IEEE 754-2008 binary16 type.
The f16 type provides all the same operations as a normal Rust float type, but since it is primarily leveraged for
minimal floating point storage and no major hardware implements them, all math operations are done as an f32 type.
f16 by default provides no_std support so can easily be used in embedded code where a smaller float is most useful.
See the crate documentation for more details.
serialize - Implement Serialize and Deserialize traits for f16. This adds a dependency on the serde
crate. Requires Rust >= 1.15.
use-intrinsics - Use hardware intrinsics for f16 conversions if available on the compiler host target. By
default, without this feature, conversions are done only in software, which will be the fallback if the host target does
not have hardware support. Available only on Rust nightly channel.
std - Use Rust std library. Currently no additional functionality is enabled by this feature. Provided only
for forward-compatibility.
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