diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index a09869a8aee..9f8b613c773 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-01-24  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
+
+	* c-parse.in (cast_expr): Move compound literals from here ...
+	(primary): ... to here.  Use standard terminology "compound
+	literal" instead of "constructor expression".
+
 2001-01-24  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
 
 	* gcc.1, cpp.1: Regenerate.
diff --git a/gcc/c-parse.in b/gcc/c-parse.in
index 30f2551b26f..5b32768866c 100644
--- a/gcc/c-parse.in
+++ b/gcc/c-parse.in
@@ -542,35 +542,6 @@ cast_expr:
 		  type = groktypename ($2);
 		  warn_strict_prototypes = SAVED_warn_strict_prototypes;
 		  $$ = build_c_cast (type, $4); }
-	| '(' typename ')' '{' 
-		{ start_init (NULL_TREE, NULL, 0);
-		  $2 = groktypename ($2);
-		  really_start_incremental_init ($2); }
-	  initlist_maybe_comma '}'  %prec UNARY
-		{ const char *name;
-		  tree result = pop_init_level (0);
-		  tree type = $2;
-		  finish_init ();
-
-		  if (pedantic && ! flag_isoc99)
-		    pedwarn ("ISO C89 forbids constructor expressions");
-		  if (TYPE_NAME (type) != 0)
-		    {
-		      if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
-			name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (TYPE_NAME (type));
-		      else
-			name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (type)));
-		    }
-		  else
-		    name = "";
-		  $$ = result;
-		  if (TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE && !COMPLETE_TYPE_P (type))
-		    {
-		      int failure = complete_array_type (type, $$, 1);
-		      if (failure)
-			abort ();
-		    }
-		}
 	;
 
 expr_no_commas:
@@ -659,6 +630,35 @@ primary:
 	| CONSTANT
 	| string
 		{ $$ = combine_strings ($1); }
+	| '(' typename ')' '{' 
+		{ start_init (NULL_TREE, NULL, 0);
+		  $2 = groktypename ($2);
+		  really_start_incremental_init ($2); }
+	  initlist_maybe_comma '}'  %prec UNARY
+		{ const char *name;
+		  tree result = pop_init_level (0);
+		  tree type = $2;
+		  finish_init ();
+
+		  if (pedantic && ! flag_isoc99)
+		    pedwarn ("ISO C89 forbids compound literals");
+		  if (TYPE_NAME (type) != 0)
+		    {
+		      if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
+			name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (TYPE_NAME (type));
+		      else
+			name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (type)));
+		    }
+		  else
+		    name = "";
+		  $$ = result;
+		  if (TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE && !COMPLETE_TYPE_P (type))
+		    {
+		      int failure = complete_array_type (type, $$, 1);
+		      if (failure)
+			abort ();
+		    }
+		}
 	| '(' expr ')'
 		{ char class = TREE_CODE_CLASS (TREE_CODE ($2));
 		  if (class == 'e' || class == '1'
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 197e6cab89d..c68a93d35f0 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-01-24  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
+
+	* gcc.c-torture/compile/20010124-1.c: New test.
+
 2001-01-24  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* g++.old-deja/g++.pt/spec38.C: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/20010124-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/20010124-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd2d9c11737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/20010124-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* Origin: testcase from Joseph Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>, problem pointed
+   out in a post to comp.std.c
+   <980283801.3063.0.nnrp-07.c2deb1c2@news.demon.co.uk>
+   by Dibyendu Majumdar <dibyendu@mazumdar.demon.co.uk>.
+   Compound literals should be parsed as postfix expressions, rather than
+   as cast expressions.  In particular, they are valid operands of sizeof.  */
+
+struct s { int a; int b; };
+char x[((sizeof (struct s){ 1, 2 }) == sizeof (struct s)) ? 1 : -1];