Re: add AVX2 support to simd.h

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:03:27AM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> Seems pretty good. It'd be good to see the results of 2- vs.
> 4-register before committing, because that might lead to some
> restructuring, but maybe it won't, and v8 is already an improvement
> over HEAD.

I tested this the other day [0] (only for x86).  The results seemed to
indicate that the 4-register approach was still quite a bit better.

> /* Process the remaining elements one at a time. */
> 
> This now does all of them if that path is taken, so "remaining" can be removed.

Right, will do.

[0] https://postgr.es/m/20240321183823.GA1800896%40nathanxps13

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