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Add a note on data types possibly not being the same across devices #515

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions spec/API_specification/data_types.rst
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Expand Up @@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ The default integer data type should be the same across platforms, but the defau

The default array index data type may be ``int32`` on 32-bit platforms, but the default should be ``int64`` otherwise.

Note that it is possible that a library supports multiple devices, with not all
those device types supporting the same data types. In this case, the default
integer or floating-point data types may vary with device. If that is the case,
the library should clearly warn about this in its documentation.

.. note::
The default data types should be clearly defined in a conforming library's documentation.

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