http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60859
Bug ID: 60859 Summary: Value-initialization of scalar in aggregate yields "braces around scalar initializer" Product: gcc Version: 4.9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: potswa at mac dot com GCC incorrectly rejects this value-initialization of an array element: int a[] = { {} }; // error: braces around scalar initializer for type ‘int’ Clang accepts it, and furthermore if the error is realized by changing the code to {0}, only emits a warning. Generating a warning seems more reasonable than a hard error.