Index: src/Parser/DeclarationNode.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/DeclarationNode.cc	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/DeclarationNode.cc	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// DeclarationNode.cc -- 
+// DeclarationNode.cc --
 //
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
 // Created On       : Sat May 16 12:34:05 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Tue Jul 14 14:46:32 2015
-// Update Count     : 126
+// Last Modified By : Rob Schluntz
+// Last Modified On : Thu Jan 07 13:18:02 2016
+// Update Count     : 130
 //
 
@@ -96,4 +96,6 @@
 		os << endl << string( indent + 2, ' ' ) << "with initializer ";
 		initializer->printOneLine( os );
+		os << " maybe constructed? " << initializer->get_maybeConstructed();
+
 	} // if
 
@@ -357,5 +359,5 @@
 	} // if
 }
-	  
+
 DeclarationNode *DeclarationNode::addQualifiers( DeclarationNode *q ) {
 	if ( q ) {
@@ -508,5 +510,5 @@
 		assert( false );
 	} // switch
-	
+
 	return this;
 }
@@ -619,5 +621,5 @@
 		assert( a->type->kind == TypeData::Array );
 		TypeData *lastArray = findLast( a->type );
-		if ( type ) {  
+		if ( type ) {
 			switch ( type->kind ) {
 			  case TypeData::Aggregate:
@@ -663,5 +665,5 @@
 	} // if
 }
-	
+
 DeclarationNode *DeclarationNode::addIdList( DeclarationNode *ids ) {
 	type = addIdListToType( type, ids );
@@ -868,5 +870,5 @@
 Type *DeclarationNode::buildType() const {
 	assert( type );
-  
+
 	switch ( type->kind ) {
 	  case TypeData::Enum:
Index: src/Parser/InitializerNode.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/InitializerNode.cc	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/InitializerNode.cc	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// InitializerNode.cc -- 
-// 
+// InitializerNode.cc --
+//
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
 // Created On       : Sat May 16 13:20:24 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Thu Oct  8 17:18:55 2015
-// Update Count     : 4
-// 
+// Last Modified By : Rob Schluntz
+// Last Modified On : Thu Jan 07 13:32:57 2016
+// Update Count     : 13
+//
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 
 InitializerNode::InitializerNode( ExpressionNode *_expr, bool aggrp, ExpressionNode *des )
-	: expr( _expr ), aggregate( aggrp ), designator( des ), kids( 0 ) {
+	: expr( _expr ), aggregate( aggrp ), designator( des ), kids( 0 ), maybeConstructed( true ) {
 	if ( aggrp )
 		kids = dynamic_cast< InitializerNode *>( get_link() );
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
 
 InitializerNode::InitializerNode( InitializerNode *init, bool aggrp, ExpressionNode *des )
-	: expr( 0 ), aggregate( aggrp ), designator( des ), kids( 0 ) {
+	: expr( 0 ), aggregate( aggrp ), designator( des ), kids( 0 ), maybeConstructed( true ) {
 	if ( init != 0 )
 		set_link(init);
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@
 		} // if
 
-		return new ListInit( initlist, designlist );
+		return new ListInit( initlist, designlist, maybeConstructed );
 	} else {
 		std::list< Expression *> designators;
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@
 
 		if ( get_expression() != 0)
-			return new SingleInit( get_expression()->build(), designators );
+			return new SingleInit( get_expression()->build(), designators, maybeConstructed );
 	} // if
 
Index: src/Parser/ParseNode.h
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/ParseNode.h	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/ParseNode.h	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// ParseNode.h -- 
+// ParseNode.h --
 //
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
 // Created On       : Sat May 16 13:28:16 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Mon Feb  1 13:32:32 2016
-// Update Count     : 184
+// Last Modified By : Rob Schluntz
+// Last Modified On : Tue Feb 09 13:23:34 2016
+// Update Count     : 185
 //
 
@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@
 	enum Type { TupleC, Comma, TupleFieldSel, // n-adic
 				// triadic
-				Cond, NCond, 
+				Cond, NCond,
 				// diadic
-				SizeOf, AlignOf, OffsetOf, Attr, CompLit, Plus, Minus, Mul, Div, Mod, Or, And, 
-				BitOr, BitAnd, Xor, Cast, LShift, RShift, LThan, GThan, LEThan, GEThan, Eq, Neq, 
+				SizeOf, AlignOf, OffsetOf, Attr, CompLit, Plus, Minus, Mul, Div, Mod, Or, And,
+				BitOr, BitAnd, Xor, Cast, LShift, RShift, LThan, GThan, LEThan, GEThan, Eq, Neq,
 				Assign, MulAssn, DivAssn, ModAssn, PlusAssn, MinusAssn, LSAssn, RSAssn, AndAssn, ERAssn, OrAssn,
 				Index, FieldSel, PFieldSel, Range,
 				// monadic
 				UnPlus, UnMinus, AddressOf, PointTo, Neg, BitNeg, Incr, IncrPost, Decr, DecrPost, LabelAddress,
+				Ctor, Dtor,
 	};
 
@@ -309,5 +310,5 @@
 	ValofExprNode( const ValofExprNode &other );
 	~ValofExprNode();
-  
+
 	virtual ValofExprNode *clone() const { return new ValofExprNode( *this ); }
 
@@ -332,5 +333,5 @@
 	enum TypeClass { Type, Dtype, Ftype };
 
-	static const char *storageName[];  
+	static const char *storageName[];
 	static const char *qualifierName[];
 	static const char *basicTypeName[];
@@ -422,5 +423,5 @@
 class StatementNode : public ParseNode {
   public:
-	enum Type { Exp,   If,        Switch,  Case,    Default,  Choose,   Fallthru, 
+	enum Type { Exp,   If,        Switch,  Case,    Default,  Choose,   Fallthru,
 				While, Do,        For,
 				Goto,  Continue,  Break,   Return,  Throw,
@@ -520,4 +521,7 @@
 	ExpressionNode *get_designators() const { return designator; }
 
+	InitializerNode *set_maybeConstructed( bool value ) { maybeConstructed = value; return this; }
+	bool get_maybeConstructed() const { return maybeConstructed; }
+
 	InitializerNode *next_init() const { return kids; }
 
@@ -531,4 +535,5 @@
 	ExpressionNode *designator; // may be list
 	InitializerNode *kids;
+	bool maybeConstructed;
 };
 
Index: src/Parser/TypeData.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/TypeData.cc	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/TypeData.cc	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// TypeData.cc -- 
+// TypeData.cc --
 //
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
 // Created On       : Sat May 16 15:12:51 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Tue Jul 14 14:57:23 2015
-// Update Count     : 32
+// Last Modified By : Rob Schluntz
+// Last Modified On : Thu Jan 14 10:43:42 2016
+// Update Count     : 36
 //
 
@@ -436,4 +436,6 @@
 	for ( std::list< TypeDecl* >::iterator i = outputList.begin(); i != outputList.end(); ++i ) {
 		if ( (*i)->get_kind() == TypeDecl::Any ) {
+			// add assertion parameters to `type' tyvars
+			// add:  T * ?=?(T *, T)
 			FunctionType *assignType = new FunctionType( Type::Qualifiers(), false );
 			assignType->get_parameters().push_back( new ObjectDecl( "", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, 0, new PointerType( Type::Qualifiers(), new TypeInstType( Type::Qualifiers(), (*i)->get_name(), *i ) ), 0 ) );
@@ -441,4 +443,14 @@
 			assignType->get_returnVals().push_back( new ObjectDecl( "", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, 0, new TypeInstType( Type::Qualifiers(), (*i)->get_name(), *i ), 0 ) );
 			(*i)->get_assertions().push_front( new FunctionDecl( "?=?", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, assignType, 0, false, false ) );
+
+			// add:  void ?{}(T *)
+			FunctionType *ctorType = new FunctionType( Type::Qualifiers(), false );
+			ctorType->get_parameters().push_back( new ObjectDecl( "", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, 0, new PointerType( Type::Qualifiers(), new TypeInstType( Type::Qualifiers(), (*i)->get_name(), *i ) ), 0 ) );
+			(*i)->get_assertions().push_front( new FunctionDecl( "?{}", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, ctorType, 0, false, false ) );
+
+			// add:  void ^?{}(T *)
+			FunctionType *dtorType = new FunctionType( Type::Qualifiers(), false );
+			dtorType->get_parameters().push_back( new ObjectDecl( "", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, 0, new PointerType( Type::Qualifiers(), new TypeInstType( Type::Qualifiers(), (*i)->get_name(), *i ) ), 0 ) );
+			(*i)->get_assertions().push_front( new FunctionDecl( "^?{}", DeclarationNode::NoStorageClass, LinkageSpec::Cforall, dtorType, 0, false, false ) );
 		} // if
 	} // for
Index: src/Parser/parser.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/parser.cc	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/parser.cc	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 /* Bison implementation for Yacc-like parsers in C
-   
+
       Copyright (C) 1984, 1989-1990, 2000-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   
+
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.
-   
+
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.
-   
+
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
    Bison output files to be licensed under the GNU General Public
    License without this special exception.
-   
+
    This special exception was added by the Free Software Foundation in
    version 2.2 of Bison.  */
@@ -7353,6 +7353,6 @@
 
 /* Line 1806 of yacc.c  */
-#line 1690 "parser.yy"
-    { (yyval.in) = (yyvsp[(2) - (2)].in); }
+#line 1684 "parser.yy"
+    { (yyval.in) = (yyvsp[(2) - (2)].in)->set_maybeConstructed( false ); }
     break;
 
Index: src/Parser/parser.yy
===================================================================
--- src/Parser/parser.yy	(revision bd8540001c298d12d68dabcd274a24ed5a4dfb7a)
+++ src/Parser/parser.yy	(revision d63eeb0d6eeb995b4c8c414f1d4989b0189ef8ca)
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// cfa.y -- 
-// 
+// cfa.y --
+//
 // Author           : Peter A. Buhr
 // Created On       : Sat Sep  1 20:22:55 2001
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 // Last Modified On : Mon Feb  1 18:22:42 2016
 // Update Count     : 1483
-// 
+//
 
 // This grammar is based on the ANSI99/11 C grammar, specifically parts of EXPRESSION and STATEMENTS, and on the C
@@ -1688,5 +1688,5 @@
 		{ $$ = $2; }
 	| ATassign initializer
-		{ $$ = $2; }
+		{ $$ = $2->set_maybeConstructed( false ); }
 	;
 
