6094 - new 'compute-offset' instruction

If indexing into a type with power-of-2-sized elements we can access them
in one instruction:

  x/reg1: (addr int) <- index A/reg2: (addr array int), idx/reg3: int

This translates to a single instruction because x86 instructions support
an addressing mode with left-shifts.

For non-powers-of-2, however, we need a multiply. To keep things type-safe,
it is performed like this:

  x/reg1: (offset T) <- compute-offset A: (addr array T), idx: int
  y/reg2: (addr T) <- index A, x

An offset is just an int that is guaranteed to be a multiple of size-of(T).
Offsets can only be used in index instructions, and the types will eventually
be required to line up.

In the process, I have to expand Input-size because mu.subx is growing
big.

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