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        <para>
          Vector Data Load and Store Functions allow
          you to read and write vector types from a pointer to memory.
        </para>

        <para>
            The suffix <varname>n</varname> in the function names 
            (i.e. vload<varname>n</varname>, vstore<varname>n</varname> etc.) 
            represent <varname>n</varname>-element 
            vectors, where <varname>n</varname> = 2, 3, 4, 8 or 16.
        </para>

        <para>
          <!-- OpenCL C spec section 6.13.7, re Table 6.15, applies to all vload*/vstore* functions -->
          The results of vector data
          load and store functions are undefined if the address being read from or written to is
          not correctly aligned. The pointer argument <varname>p</varname> can be a pointer to
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>global</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>local</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, or
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>private</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
          memory for store functions. The pointer argument
          <varname>p</varname> can be a pointer to global, local, 
          constant or private memory for load functions.
        </para>

        <para>
            NOTE: The vector data load and store functions 
            variants that take pointer arguments which 
            point to the generic address space are also supported.
        </para>

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