is this a string bug?

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> Kate Hedstrom <kate@ahab.rutgers.edu> writes:

> In chapter 5 of the new Stroustrup edition there is the program
> shown below.  It produces:

>> ahab% a.out
>> aa bb aa bb aa cc  <return><ctrl-D>
>> cc: 6

Wed Nov 26 01:11:24 1997  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>

	* typeck2.c (digest_init): Make copies where appropriate.

Index: typeck2.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/gcc/cp/typeck2.c,v
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -c -r1.115 typeck2.c
*** typeck2.c	1997/10/15 07:40:20	1.115
--- typeck2.c	1997/11/26 09:52:01
***************
*** 743,748 ****
--- 743,751 ----
  	init = DECL_INITIAL (init);
        else if (TREE_READONLY_DECL_P (init))
  	init = decl_constant_value (init);
+       else if (IS_AGGR_TYPE (type) && TYPE_NEEDS_CONSTRUCTING (type))
+ 	init = ocp_convert (type, init, CONV_IMPLICIT|CONV_FORCE_TEMP,
+ 			    LOOKUP_NORMAL);
        return init;
      }