Switch SIMD::Pointer::base from a Float* to Byte*

src/Pipeline/SpirvShader.hpp

@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ namespace sw
 			inline void addOffset(Int delta) { offset += delta; uniform = false; }
 
 			// Base address for the pointer, common across all lanes.
-			rr::Pointer<rr::Float> base;
+			rr::Pointer<rr::Byte> base;
 
-			// Per lane offsets from base.
+			// Per lane offsets from base in bytes.
 			// If uniform is true, all offsets are considered zero.
 			Int offset;
 
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ namespace sw
 
 		SIMD::Pointer WalkExplicitLayoutAccessChain(Object::ID id, uint32_t numIndexes, uint32_t const *indexIds, SpirvRoutine *routine) const;
 		SIMD::Pointer WalkAccessChain(Object::ID id, uint32_t numIndexes, uint32_t const *indexIds, SpirvRoutine *routine) const;
+
+		// Returns the *component* offset in the literal for the given access chain.
 		uint32_t WalkLiteralAccessChain(Type::ID id, uint32_t numIndexes, uint32_t const *indexes) const;
 
 		// EmitState holds control-flow state for the emit() pass.

src/Reactor/Reactor.hpp

@@ -2349,11 +2349,30 @@ namespace rr
 	}
 
 	template<typename T>
+	RValue<T> Load(Pointer<T> pointer, unsigned int alignment, bool atomic, std::memory_order memoryOrder)
+	{
+		return Load(RValue<Pointer<T>>(pointer), alignment, atomic, memoryOrder);
+	}
+
+	template<typename T>
 	void Store(RValue<T> value, RValue<Pointer<T>> pointer, unsigned int alignment, bool atomic, std::memory_order memoryOrder)
 	{
 		Nucleus::createStore(value.value, pointer.value, T::getType(), false, alignment, atomic, memoryOrder);
 	}
 
+	template<typename T>
+	void Store(RValue<T> value, Pointer<T> pointer, unsigned int alignment, bool atomic, std::memory_order memoryOrder)
+	{
+		Store(value, RValue<Pointer<T>>(pointer), alignment, atomic, memoryOrder);
+	}
+
+	template<typename T>
+	void Store(T value, Pointer<T> pointer, unsigned int alignment, bool atomic, std::memory_order memoryOrder)
+	{
+		Store(RValue<T>(value), RValue<Pointer<T>>(pointer), alignment, atomic, memoryOrder);
+	}
+
+
 	template<class T, int S = 1>
 	class Array : public LValue<T>
 	{