https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54319
--- Comment #10 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- It is the code in call.c that makes a difference: if (is_really_empty_class (type, /*ignore_vptr*/true)) { /* Avoid copying empty classes. */ val = build2 (COMPOUND_EXPR, type, arg, to); suppress_warning (val, OPT_Wunused); } else if (tree_int_cst_equal (TYPE_SIZE (type), TYPE_SIZE (as_base))) { if (is_std_init_list (type) && conv_binds_ref_to_prvalue (convs[1])) warning_at (loc, OPT_Winit_list_lifetime, "assignment from temporary %<initializer_list%> does " "not extend the lifetime of the underlying array"); arg = cp_build_fold_indirect_ref (arg); val = build2 (MODIFY_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (to), to, arg); } else { /* We must only copy the non-tail padding parts. */ tree arg0, arg2, t; tree array_type, alias_set; arg2 = TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (as_base); to = cp_stabilize_reference (to); arg0 = cp_build_addr_expr (to, complain); array_type = build_array_type (unsigned_char_type_node, build_index_type (size_binop (MINUS_EXPR, arg2, size_int (1)))); alias_set = build_int_cst (build_pointer_type (type), 0); t = build2 (MODIFY_EXPR, void_type_node, build2 (MEM_REF, array_type, arg0, alias_set), build2 (MEM_REF, array_type, arg, alias_set)); val = build2 (COMPOUND_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (to), t, to); suppress_warning (val, OPT_Wunused); } if we do the middle one only, we get the correct type. I won't be able to debug this any further. But I suspect because we are lowering the AST too early, we don't do the correct type dealing here due to the COMPOUND_EXPR.