Need advice with store_bit_field and its call chain

[Jim Wilson]

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 17:44, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Could you please look at what I and Graham ended up putting in
> store_bit_field/extract_bit_field, and tell me if you think it's
> correct?  It is not exactly the same as this, but I think it ought to
> have the same effect.

You added patches to check for GET_MODE_BITSIZE () != 0.  That avoids
the bootstrap error, but I don't think it is as good as my suggestion. 
The code here should be looking at the size of a mode, not its
precision, which is why I think using GET_MODE_SIZE instead of
GET_MODE_BITSIZE is the proper test.  I can't think of any case where
the current code would fail to work though.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com