Hello ken2 (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com), I'd like you to review this change.
*** Submitted as http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=a16884829031 *** 6g, 8g: handle slice by sub-word-sized index (uint8, int8, uint16, int16) R=ken2 CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/1960042
LGTM