[Bug c/71552] New: Confusing error for incorrect struct initialization

[mpeg.blue at free dot fr]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71552

            Bug ID: 71552
           Summary: Confusing error for incorrect struct initialization
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: mpeg.blue at free dot fr
  Target Milestone: ---

I'm using gcc version 6.1.1 20160511 (Ubuntu 6.1.1-3ubuntu11~14.04.1)

Consider the following code.

struct foo { const int *p; };
static const int i = 42;
struct foo bar = { i }; /*** should be &i ***/

NOTA BENE: the initialization of bar is incorrect
(because an int is provided, instead of a pointer to int)

I expected an error message along the lines of
"initializer for bar.p has an incompatible type"

but instead, I got
qoi.c:3:20: error: initializer element is not constant
 struct foo bar = { i }; /*** should be &i ***/
                    ^
qoi.c:3:20: note: (near initialization for 'bar.p')

"initializer element is not constant" ?

Is there a simple way to improve the error message?