http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56362
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-02-18 10:50:53 UTC --- BIT_FIELD_REFs never involve a sign-extension - the result has exactly the precision of the number of bits referenced.