Value types, SIMD and standardization stages

# Daniel Ehrenberg (9 years ago)

At the last TC-39 meeting, the understanding I got was, it's OK to bring SIMD to Stage 4 before value types are there as long as we have a general understanding that value types are on track and will be consistent with SIMD. I have been looking into value types, and I believe they can be done in a consistent way with SIMD's current API. I was thinking of making a proposal with respect to them some time around the November or January meeting.

My question is, would the current state of value types block SIMD from getting to Stage 3 earlier than a more detailed value types proposal? Given a complete spec, compliant implementations and tests, would it be possible to move to Stage 3 as long as Stage 4 was held back for ensuring that value types will be consistent?

Thanks, Dan