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[doc,committed] clarify rtl docs about mode of high and lo_sum

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Series [doc,committed] clarify rtl docs about mode of high and lo_sum | expand

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Sandra Loosemore Nov. 12, 2018, 7:12 p.m. UTC
I've checked in this patch for PR 21110.  As noted in the issue, RTL 
high and lo_sum expressions don't have to be Pmode and are not 
restricted to address operands.

-Sandra
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Index: gcc/doc/rtl.texi
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--- gcc/doc/rtl.texi	(revision 266034)
+++ gcc/doc/rtl.texi	(working copy)
@@ -1883,14 +1883,14 @@  of relocation operator.  @var{m} should
 
 @findex high
 @item (high:@var{m} @var{exp})
-Represents the high-order bits of @var{exp}, usually a
-@code{symbol_ref}.  The number of bits is machine-dependent and is
+Represents the high-order bits of @var{exp}.  
+The number of bits is machine-dependent and is
 normally the number of bits specified in an instruction that initializes
 the high order bits of a register.  It is used with @code{lo_sum} to
 represent the typical two-instruction sequence used in RISC machines to
-reference a global memory location.
-
-@var{m} should be @code{Pmode}.
+reference large immediate values and/or link-time constants such
+as global memory addresses.  In the latter case, @var{m} is @code{Pmode}
+and @var{exp} is usually a constant expression involving @code{symbol_ref}.
 @end table
 
 @findex CONST0_RTX
@@ -2429,15 +2429,15 @@  saturates at the maximum signed value re
 
 This expression represents the sum of @var{x} and the low-order bits
 of @var{y}.  It is used with @code{high} (@pxref{Constants}) to
-represent the typical two-instruction sequence used in RISC machines
-to reference a global memory location.
+represent the typical two-instruction sequence used in RISC machines to
+reference large immediate values and/or link-time constants such
+as global memory addresses.  In the latter case, @var{m} is @code{Pmode}
+and @var{y} is usually a constant expression involving @code{symbol_ref}.
 
 The number of low order bits is machine-dependent but is
-normally the number of bits in a @code{Pmode} item minus the number of
+normally the number of bits in mode @var{m} minus the number of
 bits set by @code{high}.
 
-@var{m} should be @code{Pmode}.
-
 @findex minus
 @findex ss_minus
 @findex us_minus