+sub ::movz { &movzx(@_); }
+sub ::pushf { &::pushfd; }
+sub ::popf { &::popfd; }
+
+# 3 argument instructions
+sub ::movq
+{ my($p1,$p2,$optimize)=@_;
+
+ if ($optimize && $p1=~/^mm[0-7]$/ && $p2=~/^mm[0-7]$/)
+ # movq between mmx registers can sink Intel CPUs
+ { &::pshufw($p1,$p2,0xe4); }
+ else
+ { &::generic("movq",@_); }
+}
+sub ::pshufw { &::emit("pshufw",@_); }
+sub ::shld { &::emit("shld",@_); }
+sub ::shrd { &::emit("shrd",@_); }
+
+# label management
+$lbdecor="L"; # local label decoration, set by package
+$label="000";
+
+sub ::islabel # see is argument is a known label
+{ my $i;
+ foreach $i (values %label) { return $i if ($i eq $_[0]); }
+ $label{$_[0]}; # can be undef
+}
+
+sub ::label # instantiate a function-scope label
+{ if (!defined($label{$_[0]}))
+ { $label{$_[0]}="${lbdecor}${label}${_[0]}"; $label++; }
+ $label{$_[0]};
+}
+
+sub ::LABEL # instantiate a file-scope label
+{ $label{$_[0]}=$_[1] if (!defined($label{$_[0]}));
+ $label{$_[0]};
+}
+
+sub ::static_label { &::LABEL($_[0],$lbdecor.$_[0]); }
+
+sub ::set_label_B { push(@out,"@_:\n"); }
+sub ::set_label
+{ my $label=&::label($_[0]);
+ &::align($_[1]) if ($_[1]>1);
+ &::set_label_B($label);
+ $label;
+}