[BUG] Parser error for "pointer to a function pointer"

[Abhijit Halder]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Abhijit Halder
<abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> While working with gdb I have encountered the following problem.
>
> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.50.20110814-cvs
> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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> (gdb) ptype int(**)(void)
> A syntax error in expression, near `*)(void)'.
>
>
> I have made the following changes to fix this issue.
>
>
> --- src/gdb/c-exp.y     2011-05-06 19:42:17.000000000 +0530
> +++ dst/gdb/c-exp.y     2011-09-04 13:57:16.082207664 +0530
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
>    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>
>  /* Parse a C expression from text in a string,
> -   and return the result as a  struct expression  pointer.
> +   and return the result as a  struct expression pointer.
>    That structure contains arithmetic operations in reverse polish,
>    with constants represented by operations that are followed by special data.
>    See expression.h for the details of the format.
> @@ -926,12 +926,12 @@ const_or_volatile_or_space_identifier:
>
>  abs_decl:      '*'
>                        { push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = 0; }
> -       |       '*' abs_decl
> -                       { push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = $2; }
> +       |       abs_decl '*'
> +                       { push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = $1; }
>        |       '&'
>                        { push_type (tp_reference); $$ = 0; }
> -       |       '&' abs_decl
> -                       { push_type (tp_reference); $$ = $2; }
> +       |       abs_decl '&'
> +                       { push_type (tp_reference); $$ = $1; }
>        |       direct_abs_decl
>        ;
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijit Halder
>

A regression happens with the above fix.
The above fix is not working for the following:
(gdb)ptype int (*(**(*)(char))(short int))(long int

The following is working fine.

--- src/gdb/c-exp.y	2011-05-06 19:42:17.000000000 +0530
+++ dst/gdb/c-exp.y	2011-09-04 15:57:51.212167205 +0530
@@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ const_or_volatile_or_space_identifier:

 abs_decl:	'*'
 			{ push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = 0; }
+	|	abs_decl '*'
+			{ push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = $1; }
 	|	'*' abs_decl
 			{ push_type (tp_pointer); $$ = $2; }
 	|	'&'



Thanks,
Abhijit Halder