--- a/dmd/StructInitializer.d	Sat Aug 21 13:28:16 2010 +0400
+++ b/dmd/StructInitializer.d	Sat Aug 21 14:16:53 2010 +0400
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import dmd.TOK;
 import dmd.FuncLiteralDeclaration;
 import dmd.TypeFunction;
+import dmd.StructDeclaration;
+import dmd.StructLiteralExp;
 import dmd.ArrayTypes;
 import dmd.Array;
 import dmd.Loc;
@@ -170,9 +172,44 @@
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	/***************************************
+	 * This works by transforming a struct initializer into
+	 * a struct literal. In the future, the two should be the
+	 * same thing.
+	 */
     Expression toExpression()
 	{
-		assert(false);
+		Expression e;
+
+		//printf("StructInitializer.toExpression() %s\n", toChars());
+		if (!ad)				// if fwd referenced
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+		StructDeclaration sd = ad.isStructDeclaration();
+		if (!sd)
+			return null;
+		Expressions elements = new Expressions();
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < value.dim; i++)
+		{
+			if (field.data[i])
+				goto Lno;
+			Initializer iz = cast(Initializer)value.data[i];
+			if (!iz)
+				goto Lno;
+			Expression ex = iz.toExpression();
+			if (!ex)
+				goto Lno;
+			elements.push(cast(void*)ex);
+		}
+		e = new StructLiteralExp(loc, sd, elements);
+		e.type = sd.type;
+		return e;
+
+	Lno:
+		delete elements;
+		//error(loc, "struct initializers as expressions are not allowed");
+		return null;
 	}
 	
     void toCBuffer(OutBuffer buf, HdrGenState* hgs)