Index: src/SymTab/Autogen.cc
===================================================================
--- src/SymTab/Autogen.cc	(revision 31e46b8bbd52392f177414b305987b2c9f1bd311)
+++ src/SymTab/Autogen.cc	(revision 5070fe4b9ad7bec2681f51b6b650a12237ceefc1)
@@ -203,5 +203,5 @@
 	}
 
-	void makeStructMemberOp( ObjectDecl * dstParam, Expression * src, DeclarationWithType * field, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric, bool forward = true ) {
+	void makeStructMemberOp( ObjectDecl * dstParam, Expression * src, DeclarationWithType * field, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric, bool isDynamicLayout, bool forward = true ) {
 		if ( isGeneric ) {
 			// rewrite member type in terms of the type variables on this operator
@@ -226,5 +226,5 @@
 
 			makeArrayFunction( src, dstselect, array, func->get_name(), back_inserter( func->get_statements()->get_kids() ), forward );
-			if ( isGeneric && returnVal ) {
+			if ( isDynamicLayout && returnVal ) {
 				UntypedExpr *derefRet = new UntypedExpr( new NameExpr( "*?" ) );
 				derefRet->get_args().push_back( new VariableExpr( returnVal ) );
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@
 		} else {
 			makeScalarFunction( src, dstParam, field, func->get_name(), back_inserter( func->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
-			if ( isGeneric && returnVal ) makeScalarFunction( src, returnVal, field, func->get_name(), back_inserter( func->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
+			if ( isDynamicLayout && returnVal ) makeScalarFunction( src, returnVal, field, func->get_name(), back_inserter( func->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
 		} // if
 	}
 
 	template<typename Iterator>
-	void makeStructFunctionBody( Iterator member, Iterator end, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric, bool forward = true ) {
+	void makeStructFunctionBody( Iterator member, Iterator end, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric, bool isDynamicLayout, bool forward = true ) {
 		for ( ; member != end; ++member ) {
 			if ( DeclarationWithType *field = dynamic_cast< DeclarationWithType * >( *member ) ) { // otherwise some form of type declaration, e.g. Aggregate
@@ -276,5 +276,5 @@
 
 				Expression *srcselect = srcParam ? new MemberExpr( field, new VariableExpr( srcParam ) ) : NULL;
-				makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, srcselect, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric, forward );
+				makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, srcselect, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout, forward );
 			} // if
 		} // for
@@ -284,5 +284,5 @@
 	/// void ?{}(A *, int) and void?{}(A *, int, int) for a struct A which has two int fields.
 	template<typename Iterator>
-	void makeStructFieldCtorBody( Iterator member, Iterator end, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric ) {
+	void makeStructFieldCtorBody( Iterator member, Iterator end, FunctionDecl * func, TypeSubstitution & genericSubs, bool isGeneric, bool isDynamicLayout ) {
 		FunctionType * ftype = func->get_functionType();
 		std::list<DeclarationWithType*> & params = ftype->get_parameters();
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@
 					// matching parameter, initialize field with copy ctor
 					Expression *srcselect = new VariableExpr(*parameter);
-					makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, srcselect, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric );
+					makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, srcselect, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
 					++parameter;
 				} else {
 					// no matching parameter, initialize field with default ctor
-					makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, NULL, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric );
+					makeStructMemberOp( dstParam, NULL, field, func, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
 				}
 			}
@@ -325,4 +325,5 @@
 		// Make function polymorphic in same parameters as generic struct, if applicable
 		bool isGeneric = false;  // NOTE this flag is an incredibly ugly kludge; we should fix the assignment signature instead (ditto for union)
+		bool isDynamicLayout = false;  // NOTE see above re: kludge
 		std::list< TypeDecl* >& genericParams = aggregateDecl->get_parameters();
 		std::list< Expression* > structParams;  // List of matching parameters to put on types
@@ -330,4 +331,5 @@
 		for ( std::list< TypeDecl* >::const_iterator param = genericParams.begin(); param != genericParams.end(); ++param ) {
 			isGeneric = true;
+			if ( (*param)->get_kind() == TypeDecl::Any ) isDynamicLayout = true;
 			TypeDecl *typeParam = cloneAndRename( *param, "_autoassign_" + aggregateDecl->get_name() + "_" + (*param)->get_name() );
 			assignType->get_forall().push_back( typeParam );
@@ -389,5 +391,5 @@
 			FunctionDecl * ctor = new FunctionDecl( "?{}", functionNesting > 0 ? DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass : DeclarationNode::Static, LinkageSpec::AutoGen, memCtorType->clone(), new CompoundStmt( noLabels ), true, false );
 			ctor->fixUniqueId();
-			makeStructFieldCtorBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), ctor, genericSubs, isGeneric );
+			makeStructFieldCtorBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), ctor, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
 			memCtors.push_back( ctor );
 		}
@@ -395,9 +397,9 @@
 
 		// generate appropriate calls to member ctor, assignment
-		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), assignDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric );
-		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), ctorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric );
-		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), copyCtorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric );
+		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), assignDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
+		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), ctorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
+		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().begin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().end(), copyCtorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout );
 		// needs to do everything in reverse, so pass "forward" as false
-		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().rbegin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().rend(), dtorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric, false );
+		makeStructFunctionBody( aggregateDecl->get_members().rbegin(), aggregateDecl->get_members().rend(), dtorDecl, genericSubs, isGeneric, isDynamicLayout, false );
 
 		if ( ! isGeneric ) assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids().push_back( new ReturnStmt( noLabels, new VariableExpr( srcParam ) ) );
@@ -414,9 +416,9 @@
 
 		// Make function polymorphic in same parameters as generic union, if applicable
-		bool isGeneric = false;  // NOTE this flag is an incredibly ugly kludge; we should fix the assignment signature instead (ditto for struct)
+		bool isDynamicLayout = false; // NOTE this flag is an incredibly ugly kludge; we should fix the assignment signature instead (ditto for struct)
 		std::list< TypeDecl* >& genericParams = aggregateDecl->get_parameters();
 		std::list< Expression* > unionParams;  // List of matching parameters to put on types
 		for ( std::list< TypeDecl* >::const_iterator param = genericParams.begin(); param != genericParams.end(); ++param ) {
-			isGeneric = true;
+			if ( (*param)->get_kind() == TypeDecl::Any ) isDynamicLayout = true;
 			TypeDecl *typeParam = cloneAndRename( *param, "_autoassign_" + aggregateDecl->get_name() + "_" + (*param)->get_name() );
 			assignType->get_forall().push_back( typeParam );
@@ -454,7 +456,6 @@
 
 		makeUnionFieldsAssignment( srcParam, dstParam, cloneWithParams( refType, unionParams ), back_inserter( assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
-		if ( isGeneric ) makeUnionFieldsAssignment( srcParam, returnVal, cloneWithParams( refType, unionParams ), back_inserter( assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
-
-		if ( ! isGeneric ) assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids().push_back( new ReturnStmt( noLabels, new VariableExpr( srcParam ) ) );
+		if ( isDynamicLayout ) makeUnionFieldsAssignment( srcParam, returnVal, cloneWithParams( refType, unionParams ), back_inserter( assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids() ) );
+		else assignDecl->get_statements()->get_kids().push_back( new ReturnStmt( noLabels, new VariableExpr( srcParam ) ) );
 
 		// body of assignment and copy ctor is the same
