Would those that know, (or even those that are just generally vocal) be
willing to support a change rtl.texi for sign_extract (and by
implication, zero_extract) from
If @var{loc} is in memory, its mode must be a single-byte integer mode.
If @var{loc} is in a register, the mode to use is specified by the
operand of the @code{insv} or @code{extv} pattern
(@pxref{Standard Names}) and is usually a full-word integer mode,
which is the default if none is specified.
to a version that explicitly prohibits the use of a mode longer than a word?
The back ends do not appear to support this anyway.
Kenny
