The suffixed scalar families derived the operand width from the mnemonic
alone, so a byte-spelled register under the L spelling or no suffix at all
encoded the widened form: XADDL DL, DL emitted 0F C1 where the byte form is
0F C0, CMPL AL, $7 emitted the 32-bit immediate form where the AL form is
3C 07, and CRC32 DL, R11 widened past the F0 byte opcode. operandWidth now
reconciles the suffix with the operands: a byte register (AL, DL, R8B, ...)
forces the 8-bit form, which is the text the toolchain's own disassembly
prints for those encodings, while the W and Q spellings never ride a byte
register and are refused as go tool asm refuses them (MOVQ AL, AX). The
shift count and the two- and three-operand IMUL forms stay out of the
reconciliation, and the byte accumulator short forms now belong to the AL
spelling alone, matching the toolchain's division (ADDB $3, AX is
80 c0 03, TESTB $7, AX is f6 c0 07).
Assisted-by: GLM 5.3
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