[cfe-dev] Strange New Arrays

[Uri Mann via cfe-dev]

I'm using CALNG 3.7.0. I have the following visitor class:
class MyVisitor : public clang::RecursiveASTVisitor<MyVisitor> {
public:
    bool VisitCXXNewExpr(clang::CXXNewExpr* cxxNewExpr) { cxxNewExpr->dumpColor(); }
};

Parsing and visiting the code:
    int* p;
    p = new int[5]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    p = new int[]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

I see to two unexplained behaviors.
1. CLANG error
	source.cpp(56,17) :  error: expected expression
	    p = new int[]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
	                ^
	source.cpp(56,13) :  error: excess elements in
	      scalar initializer
	    p = new int[]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
	            ^
2. The dump shows 6 element array
	CXXNewExpr 0x1f0f9c0 'int *' array Function 0x1eea460 'operator new[]' 'void *(unsigned long)'
	|-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f748 'int' 5
	`-InitListExpr 0x1f0f8f8 'int [6]'
	  |-array filler
	  | `-ImplicitValueInitExpr 0x1f0f9b0 'int'
	  |-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f770 'int' 1
	  |-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f798 'int' 2
	  |-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f7c0 'int' 3
	  |-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f7e8 'int' 4
	  `-IntegerLiteral 0x1f0f810 'int' 5

a) Is implicit array sizing using initializer-list ilegal in new expression?
b) Why would the first array more than 5 elements?

Many thanks in advance.
-Uri