Extracts a subword with a given width, starting from a given
        bit position.

def extract(self, pos, width):
        """Extracts a subword with a given width, starting from a given
        bit position.
        """
        pos = operator.index(pos)
        width = operator.index(width)
        if width < 0:
            raise ValueError('width must not be negative')
        if pos < 0:
            raise ValueError('extracting out of range')
        return BinWord(width, self >> pos, trunc=True)