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+// Copyright 2024 The XLS Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Convenience wrappers for apfloat abs.
+
+
+import apfloat;
+
+pub const BF16_EXP_SZ = u32:8;  // Exponent bits
+pub const BF16_FRACTION_SZ = u32:7;  // Fraction bits
+
+pub const F32_EXP_SZ = u32:8;  // Exponent bits
+pub const F32_FRACTION_SZ = u32:23;  // Fraction bits
+
+type BF16 = apfloat::APFloat<BF16_EXP_SZ, BF16_FRACTION_SZ>;
+type F32 = apfloat::APFloat<F32_EXP_SZ, F32_FRACTION_SZ>;
+
+pub fn abs_bf16(x: BF16) -> BF16 {
+  apfloat::abs(x)
+}
+
+pub fn abs_f32(x: F32) -> F32 {
+  apfloat::abs(x)
+}