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Improve SIMD test diversity

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Description

SIMD tests do not have enough diversity to catch e.g. swapped lanes. It would be useful to have tests like:

(assert_return (invoke "i8x16.narrow_i16x8_s" (v128.const i16x8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
                                              (v128.const i16x8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15))
                                              (v128.const i8x16 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15))
(assert_return (invoke "i8x16.narrow_i16x8_u" (v128.const i16x8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
                                              (v128.const i16x8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15))
                                              (v128.const i8x16 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15))
(assert_return (invoke "i16x8.narrow_i32x4_s" (v128.const i32x4 1 2 3 4)
                                              (v128.const i32x4 5 6 7 8))
                                              (v128.const i16x8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8))
(assert_return (invoke "i16x8.narrow_i32x4_u" (v128.const i32x4 1 2 3 4)
                                              (v128.const i32x4 5 6 7 8))
                                              (v128.const i16x8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8))
(assert_return (invoke "i32x4.trunc_sat_f64x2_s_zero" (v128.const f64x2 1.0 2.0))
                                                      (v128.const i32x4 1 2 0 0))
(assert_return (invoke "i32x4.trunc_sat_f64x2_u_zero" (v128.const f64x2 1.0 2.0))
                                                      (v128.const i32x4 1 2 0 0))

among others.

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing SIMD test files and reviewing their current assertions. Add representative lane-distinguishing cases like the narrow and truncation examples in the issue, along with other under-tested SIMD operations. Done means the suite covers lane ordering and produces distinct expected vectors for these operations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
wasm
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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