https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94979
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > if (!j) j = (char *[]){"a", "test"}; The scope of the unnamed variable is just in that statement. So you are using the unnamed variable outside of the scope. See https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-9/porting_to.html#complit See PR 91031 also which is this is a dup of. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 91031 ***