On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 08:09:44AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote: > While I agree on the subject, I slightly disagree on the approach you took: > The added flags shouldn't go on the instructions, but on their operands > (otherwise you'll likely end up creating more special case code namely for > movzx/movsx, but perhaps also elsewhere): Just like for registers, memory > operands should properly specify what sizes are acceptable (basically, > operand type and operand size should probably be decoupled). Jan
Another problem is suffix. I don't like using "suffix" for both mnemonic suffix in AT&T/Intel modes and operand size in Intel mode. I like your suggestion. We now have enough bits on operand to do it. But it is a major work and it can't be done one instruction at a time. H.J.
