https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84900
Bug ID: 84900 Summary: Compiler report a error unexpectedly. Product: gcc Version: 7.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: 141242068 at smail dot nju.edu.cn Target Milestone: --- Here is my code: $cat main.c struct S2 { int m1; }; int test = 0; int main() { struct S2 *p = &(struct S2) (struct S2) { (test = 0), // gcc report error here }; return 0; } When I compile it with gcc-7.2.0, it give me an error: $ gcc main.c main.c: In function ‘main’: main.c:6:17: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand struct S2 *p = &(struct S2) (struct S2) { It seems the initializer was viewed as rvalue, but when I replace the expression `(test = 0)` by 0, like below: $ cat main.c struct S2 { int m1; }; int test = 0; int main() { struct S2 *p = &(struct S2) (struct S2) { 0, }; return 0; } It compiles successfully and give me no errors, the expression kind in the initializer affects the error reported ? My gcc details: $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 7.2.0-1ubuntu1~16.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-7/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-7 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 7.2.0 (Ubuntu 7.2.0-1ubuntu1~16.04)