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Clarify some of the differences between indexing with getelementptr and indexing with insertvalue/extractvalue.

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@ -4131,6 +4131,14 @@ Instruction</a> </div>
<a href="#t_array">array</a> type. The operands are constant indices to
specify which value to extract in a similar manner as indices in a
'<tt><a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a></tt>' instruction.</p>
<p>The major differences to <tt>getelementptr</tt> indexing are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Since the value being indexed is not a pointer, the first index is
omitted and assumed to be zero.</li>
<li>At least one index must be specified.</li>
<li>Not only struct indices but also array indices must be in
bounds.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>The result is the value at the position in the aggregate specified by the
@ -4165,7 +4173,7 @@ Instruction</a> </div>
<a href="#t_array">array</a> type. The second operand is a first-class
value to insert. The following operands are constant indices indicating
the position at which to insert the value in a similar manner as indices in a
'<tt><a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a></tt>' instruction. The
'<tt><a href="#i_extractvalue">extractvalue</a></tt>' instruction. The
value to insert must have the same type as the value identified by the
indices.</p>