https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86714
Bug ID: 86714 Summary: tree-ssa-forwprop.c confused by too long initializer Product: gcc Version: 8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: bernd.edlinger at hotmail dot de Target Milestone: --- as mentioned in https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-07/msg01220.html $ cat y.c const char a[2][3] = { "1234", "xyz" }; char b[6]; int main () { __builtin_memcpy(b, a, 4); __builtin_memset(b + 4, 'a', 2); __builtin_printf("%.6s\n", b); } $ gcc y.c y.c:1:24: warning: initializer-string for array of chars is too long const char a[2][3] = { "1234", "xyz" }; ^~~~~~ y.c:1:24: note: (near initialization for 'a[0]') $ ./a.out 1234aa but expected would be "123xaa".