On 05/16/2013 12:44 PM, Ramsay Jones wrote: > diff --git a/validation/init-char-array1.c b/validation/init-char-array1.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..7427702 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/validation/init-char-array1.c > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ > +/* > + * for array of char, ("...") as the initializer is an gcc language > + * extension. check that a parenthesized string initializer is handled > + * correctly and that -Wparen-string warns about it's use. > + */ > +static const char u[] = ("hello"); > +static const char v[] = {"hello"}; > +static const char w[] = "hello"; > +static const char x[5] = "hello"; That seems not complete. I haven't found the official gcc rules about parenthesized string. I just try the following forms and gcc takes it. char x1[] = { ("hello") }; char x2[] = { (("hello")) }; I guess the rules is that parenthesized string can appear in any place where string was allowed. Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html