------- Additional Comments From schwab at suse dot de 2004-01-28 14:42 ------- char a[][3] = {{"Hel"}, {"Hi"}}; is required to be equivalent to char a[][3] = {{'H', 'e', 'l'}, {'H', 'i', '\0'}}; See 6.7.8#14. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13896