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It allows to define
add x1, x2, w3, sxth 2
add x2, x3, x4, lsr 8
as
...
add(X1, X2, X3).extend(ExtendMode::SXTH, 2), // yes, it is X3, not W3.
add(X2, X3, X4).shift(ShiftMode::LSR, 8),
...
Still haven't published the repo as I can't pick a cool name...
Just in case, while mail.ru domain belongs to VK (if I'm not wrong), it's a public email service like gmail.com.
But it may be an urban legend.
Upd: sometime this "legend" says that after the spelling reform of 1918 the ъ at the end of words was banned, this letter was forced to be removed from typewriter as well (though it may be used in a middle of words). The article on this reform in Russian Wikipedia mentions, that for the same reason ъ was seized from typographies to restrict its usage. In both cases an apostrophe was used instead. It seems these facts are consistent with each other and this particular usage of the apostrophe.
https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/jemalloc-was-just-removed-...