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Source code is Unicode text encoded in
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canonicalized, so a single accented code point is distinct from the
same character constructed from combining an accent and a letter;
those are treated as two code points.  For simplicity, this document
will use the unqualified term <i>character</i> to refer to a Unicode code point
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	MOVD $-8589934590, R5           // 3ca00000e8a50000 or 0602000038a00002

	// For backwards compatibility, MOVW $const,Rx and MOVWZ $const,Rx assemble identically
	// and accept the same constants.
	MOVW $2147483648, R5            // 64058000
	MOVWZ $-2147483648, R5          // 3ca08000

	// TODO: These are preprocessed by the assembler into MOVD $const>>shift, R5; SLD $shift, R5.