On KNC, the various vector comparison instructions can optionally
be masked; if a mask is provided, the result is effectively that
the value returned is the AND of the mask with the result of the
comparison.
This change adds an optimization pass to the C++ backend that looks
for vector ANDs where one operand is a comparison and rewrites
them--e.g. "__and(__equal_float(a, b), c)" is changed to
"__equal_float_and_mask(a, b, c)", saving an instruction in the end.
Issue #319.
e.g. "__equal()" -> "__equal_float()", etc.
No functional change; this is necessary groundwork for a forthcoming
peephole optimization that eliminates ANDs of masks in some cases.
This should help with performance of the generated code.
Updated the relevant header files (sse4.h, generic-16.h, generic-32.h, generic-64.h)
Updated generic-32.h and generic-64.h to the new memory API
