Most instructions are used for just one purpose, but lea can be used for several purposes. Which one of the following is NOT something you can do with lea?

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follow a pointer: i.e. implement (*p)

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add a constant to a register

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increment the stack pointer

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load a constant into a register

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create a pointer to an element of a record

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create a pointer to a variable: i.e. implement (&x)

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