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Author: serge-sans-paille

include/xsimd/types/xsimd_rvv_register.hpp

@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ namespace xsimd
         }                                                                                 \
         template <>                                                                       \
         XSIMD_INLINE type bitcast<type>(type x) noexcept { return x; }                    \
-        static XSIMD_INLINE byte_type as_bytes(type x) noexcept                           \
+        template <class U>                                                                \
+        static XSIMD_INLINE byte_type as_bytes(U x) noexcept                              \
         {                                                                                 \
+            static_assert(std::is_same<U, type>::value, "inconsistent conversion types"); \
             const auto words = XSIMD_RVV_JOINT5(__riscv_vreinterpret_, u, s, m, vmul)(x); \
             return XSIMD_RVV_JOINT5(__riscv_vreinterpret_, u, 8, m, vmul)(words);         \
         }                                                                                 \
@@ -133,6 +135,44 @@ namespace xsimd
             {
                 return __riscv_vreinterpret_i8m8(x);
             }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::type
+            rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::bitcast<__rvv_uint8m1_t>(
+                __rvv_uint8m1_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return __riscv_vreinterpret_i8m1(x);
+            }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<uint32_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::type
+            rvv_type_info<uint32_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::bitcast<__rvv_uint8m1_t>(
+                __rvv_uint8m1_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return __riscv_vreinterpret_u32m1(x);
+            }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 8>::byte_type
+            rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 8>::as_bytes<__rvv_int8m8_t>(__rvv_int8m8_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return __riscv_vreinterpret_u8m8(x);
+            }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::byte_type
+            rvv_type_info<int8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::as_bytes<__rvv_int8m1_t>(__rvv_int8m1_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return __riscv_vreinterpret_u8m1(x);
+            }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<uint8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::byte_type
+            rvv_type_info<uint8_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::as_bytes<__rvv_uint8m1_t>(__rvv_uint8m1_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return x;
+            }
+            template <>
+            XSIMD_INLINE rvv_type_info<uint32_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::byte_type
+            rvv_type_info<uint32_t, rvv_width_m1 * 1>::as_bytes<__rvv_uint32m1_t>(__rvv_uint32m1_t x) noexcept
+            {
+                return __riscv_vreinterpret_u8m1(x);
+            }
 
             // rvv_blob is storage-type abstraction for a vector register.
             template <class T, size_t Width>