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change gather/scatter mask sizes to match data size not index/address size since that matches x86_64 #323

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iirc x86_64 without avx512 is the only major isa that uses full-masks instead of bit-masks and has gather, so we should match it.
https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/vgatherdps:vgatherqps#vgatherqps--vex-128-version-iirc
vgatherqps gathers f32 values using i32 mask elements and u64 indexes/addresses.

originally mentioned here:
#322 (comment)

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