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     Compiler error C2432
 
     illegal reference to 16-bit data in 'identifier'
 
     A 16-bit register was used as an index or base register.
 
     The 32-bit targeted compiler does not support referencing 16-bit
     data, which is supported by the chip using the address size
     prefix. This means that 16-bit registers cannot be used as index
     or base registers if you are compiling for 32-bit code.
 
     The following is an example of this error:
 
          _asm mov eax, DWORD PTR [bx]
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