Open
Description
Half type
.NET 5 introduces a new primitive, we should probably add it to our list of primitive your aliases. My suggestion: half and/or float16.
See:
- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-the-half-type/.
- implementation details: Half: An IEEE 754 compliant float16 type dotnet/runtime#37630
- proposal: API Proposal: Add System.Numerics.Half 16 bit floating point number conforming to IEEE 754:2008 binary16 dotnet/runtime#936
Pros and Cons
The advantages of making this adjustment to F# are parity with primitive types in dotnet 5.
The disadvantages of making this adjustment to F# are none.
Extra information
Estimated cost (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL): XS
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Please tick all that apply:
- This is not a breaking change to the F# language design
- I or my company would be willing to help implement and/or test this
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