Reconsider name of ".toFloat32x4" and ".toUint32x4" methods about ecmascript_simd HOT 8 CLOSED

These methods perform a bit-wise copy of the 128-bit value and materialize them in a new instance with a new type.

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Please don't lumber the names with "clone" prefixes. For JS, "toXXX" should produce fresh value per call of the XXX type, so you're good. We don't want something that returns |this| some of the time, even if the instance is immutable.

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Reopened:

Perfect bit-wise cast:
bitToFloat32x4
bitToUint32x4

Standard conversions (will alter the values):
toFloat32x4
toUint32x4

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Done in polyfill.

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Sorry to be slow on the bikeshed draw: if we put a word before "to", I'd advocate a verb, in this case "cast". Of you want bits use the plural "bitsToYYY". Whaddya think?

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How about:

castBitsToYYY
castValuesToYYY

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Verbing nouns is ok in the interest of brevity, so I'd go with just

bitsToYYY

The "bits" connotes reinterpret_cast to hackers, I bet (check me on this with a small sample of colleagues).

Brevity wins at some point, I'm happy with bitsToYYY.

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bitsToYYY and castToYYYY it is.

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