http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53323
--- Comment #5 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-03-20 22:00:26 UTC --- > Must have been a recent fix, cos it failed with gcc version 4.8.0 20130309 > (experimental) [trunk revision 196573] (GCC)! Sort of, we now disable the front-end assertions on release branches.