Hi! On this testcase, we ICE in optimize_compound_literals_in_ctor because init isn't CONSTRUCTOR, but the recursive call relies on it being a CONSTRUCTOR.
Either we can add that check as the patch does, making the optimization tiny bit more robust (the rest of the gimplifier handles non-CONSTRUCTOR DECL_INITIAL of COMPOUND_LITERAL_EXPR just fine), or the C FE would need to be somehow fixed to always emit a CONSTRUCTOR. Joseph, what do you prefer here? Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-linux and i686-linux. 2012-08-24 Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> PR c/54363 * gimplify.c (optimize_compound_literals_in_ctor): Only recurse if init is a CONSTRUCTOR. * gcc.dg/pr54363.c: New test. --- gcc/gimplify.c.jj 2012-08-15 10:55:33.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc/gimplify.c 2012-08-24 11:01:55.253815273 +0200 @@ -3857,7 +3857,8 @@ optimize_compound_literals_in_ctor (tree if (!TREE_ADDRESSABLE (value) && !TREE_ADDRESSABLE (decl) - && init) + && init + && TREE_CODE (init) == CONSTRUCTOR) newval = optimize_compound_literals_in_ctor (init); } if (newval == value) --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr54363.c.jj 2012-08-24 11:34:49.857494287 +0200 +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr54363.c 2012-08-24 11:36:20.943061045 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +/* PR c/54363 */ +/* { dg-do compile } */ +/* { dg-options "-std=gnu99" } */ + +struct S { char **a; }; + +void +test (void) +{ + struct S b = { .a = (char **) { "a", "b" } }; /* { dg-warning "(initialization|excess elements)" } */ + struct S c = { .a = (char *[]) { "a", "b" } }; +} Jakub