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Author: serge-sans-paille

include/xsimd/arch/xsimd_emulated.hpp

@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ namespace xsimd
             return r;
         }
 
+        // first
+        template <class A, class T, size_t N = 8 * sizeof(T) * batch<T, A>::size>
+        T XSIMD_INLINE first(batch<T, A> const& self, requires_arch<emulated<N>>) noexcept
+        {
+            return self.data[0];
+        }
+
 #if 0
         // count
         template <class A, class T, size_t N = 8 * sizeof(T) * batch<T, A>::size>

include/xsimd/arch/xsimd_sve.hpp

@@ -949,6 +949,13 @@ namespace xsimd
             return svsel(index_predicate, broadcast<A, T>(val, sve {}), arg);
         }
 
+        // first
+        template <class A, class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_scalar<T>::value, void>::type>
+        XSIMD_INLINE T first(batch<T, A> const& self, requires_arch<sve>) noexcept
+        {
+            return self.data[0];
+        }
+
         // all
         template <class A, class T, detail::sve_enable_all_t<T> = 0>
         XSIMD_INLINE bool all(batch_bool<T, A> const& arg, requires_arch<sve>) noexcept