</p>

<p>
Except for <a href="#Constants">untyped strings</a>, if the sliced operand is a string or slice,
the result of the slice operation is a non-constant value of the same type as the operand.
For untyped string operands the result is a non-constant value of type <code>string</code>.
If the sliced operand is an array, it must be <a href="#Address_operators">addressable</a>

			fmt.Fprintf(w, "ref %s %s\n", name, abi)
		}
	}
}

func (p *Parser) start(operand []lex.Token) {
	p.input = operand
	p.inputPos = 0
}

// address parses the operand into a link address structure.
func (p *Parser) address(operand []lex.Token) obj.Addr {
	p.start(operand)
	addr := obj.Addr{}
	p.operand(&addr)
	return addr
}

// parseScale converts a decimal string into a valid scale factor.

#include "../../../../../runtime/textflag.h"

TEXT	foo(SB), DUPOK|NOSPLIT, $0

// ADD
//
//	LTYPE1 cond imsr ',' spreg ',' reg
//	{
//		outcode($1, $2, &$3, $5, &$7);
//	}
// Cover some operand space here too.
	ADD	$1, R2, R3
	ADD	R1<<R2, R3, R4
	ADD	R1>>R2, R3, R4
	ADD	R1@>R2, R3, R4
	ADD	R1->R2, R3, R4
	ADD	R1, R2, R3
	ADD	R(1)<<R(2), R(3), R(4) // ADD	R1<<R2, R3, R4

resulting operand is an <a href="#Instantiations">instantiated</a> function.
</p>

<p>
The <a href="#Blank_identifier">blank identifier</a> may appear as an
operand only on the left-hand side of an <a href="#Assignment_statements">assignment statement</a>.
</p>

<p>
Implementation restriction: A compiler need not report an error if an operand's

Thus <code>-2</code> is not the integer value minus two,
but the unsigned 64-bit integer with the same bit pattern.
The distinction rarely matters but
to avoid ambiguity, division or right shift where the right operand's
high bit is set is rejected.
</p>

<h3 id="symbols">Symbols</h3>

<p>
Some symbols, such as <code>R1</code> or <code>LR</code>,
are predefined and refer to registers.

	VMOV	V8.D[0], V12.S[1]                                // ERROR "operand mismatch"
	VMOV	V8.D[0], V12.H[1]                                // ERROR "operand mismatch"
	VMOV	V8.D[0], V12.B[1]                                // ERROR "operand mismatch"
	VMOV	V8.S[0], V12.H[1]                                // ERROR "operand mismatch"
	VMOV	V8.S[0], V12.B[1]                                // ERROR "operand mismatch"

	p.patch()
	p.labels = make(map[string]*obj.Prog)

	// Operand 0 is the symbol name in the form foo(SB).
	// That means symbol plus indirect on SB and no offset.
	nameAddr := p.address(operands[0])
	if !p.validSymbol("TEXT", &nameAddr, false) {
		return
	}
	name := symbolName(&nameAddr)
	next := 1

	// Next operand is the optional text flag, a literal integer.
	var flag = int64(0)