2 files changed, 53 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/symbol.c b/symbol.c
index 80a2f238..2ec62000 100644
--- a/symbol.c
+++ b/symbol.c
@@ -296,9 +296,21 @@ static int count_array_initializer(struct symbol *t, struct expression *expr)
 				if (entry->idx_to >= nr)
 					nr = entry->idx_to+1;
 				break;
+			case EXPR_PREOP: {
+				struct expression *e = entry;
+				if (is_char) {
+					while (e && e->type == EXPR_PREOP && e->op == '(')
+						e = e->unop;
+					if (e && e->type == EXPR_STRING) {
+						entry = e;
 			case EXPR_STRING:
-				if (is_char)
-					str_len = entry->string->length;
+						if (is_char)
+							str_len = entry->string->length;
+					}
+
+
+				}
+			}
 			default:
 				nr++;
 			}
@@ -307,9 +319,19 @@ static int count_array_initializer(struct symbol *t, struct expression *expr)
 			nr = str_len;
 		break;
 	}
+	case EXPR_PREOP:
+		if (is_char) { 
+			struct expression *e = expr;
+			while (e && e->type == EXPR_PREOP && e->op == '(')
+				e = e->unop;
+			if (e && e->type == EXPR_STRING) {
+				expr = e;
 	case EXPR_STRING:
-		if (is_char)
-			nr = expr->string->length;
+				if (is_char)
+					nr = expr->string->length;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/validation/init-char-array1.c b/validation/init-char-array1.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24fd8d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/init-char-array1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * for array of char, ("...") as the initializer is an gcc language
+ * extension. check that a parenthesized string initializer is handled
+ * correctly and that -Wparen-string warns about it's use.
+ */
+static const char u[] = ("hello");
+static const char v[] = {"hello"};
+static const char v1[] = {("hello")};
+static const char w[] = "hello";
+static const char x[5] = "hello";
+
+static void f(void)
+{
+	char a[1/(sizeof(u) == 6)];
+	char b[1/(sizeof(v) == 6)];
+	char c[1/(sizeof(w) == 6)];
+	char d[1/(sizeof(x) == 5)];
+}
+/*
+ * check-name: parenthesized string initializer
+ * check-command: sparse -Wparen-string $file
+ *
+ * check-error-start
+init-char-array1.c:6:26: warning: array initialized from parenthesized string constant
+init-char-array1.c:8:28: warning: array initialized from parenthesized string constant
+ * check-error-end
+ */