Commit c1e8fdf812

@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ fn tokenizeAndPrintRaw(docgen_tokenizer: *Tokenizer, out: var, source_token: Tok
             .LBracket,
             .RBracket,
             .Period,
+            .PeriodAsterisk,
             .Ellipsis2,
             .Ellipsis3,
             .Caret,

@@ -2363,6 +2363,10 @@ fn parseSuffixOp(arena: *Allocator, it: *TokenIterator, tree: *Tree) !?*Node {
             };
         }
 
+        if (eatToken(it, .PeriodAsterisk)) |period_asterisk| {
+            break :blk OpAndToken{ .op = Op{ .Deref = {} }, .token = period_asterisk };
+        }
+
         if (eatToken(it, .Period)) |period| {
             if (try parseIdentifier(arena, it, tree)) |identifier| {
                 // TODO: It's a bit weird to return an InfixOp from the SuffixOp parser.
@@ -2378,9 +2382,6 @@ fn parseSuffixOp(arena: *Allocator, it: *TokenIterator, tree: *Tree) !?*Node {
                 };
                 return &node.base;
             }
-            if (eatToken(it, .Asterisk)) |asterisk| {
-                break :blk OpAndToken{ .op = Op{ .Deref = {} }, .token = asterisk };
-            }
             if (eatToken(it, .QuestionMark)) |question_mark| {
                 break :blk OpAndToken{ .op = Op{ .UnwrapOptional = {} }, .token = question_mark };
             }

@@ -617,10 +617,15 @@ fn renderExpression(
                     return renderToken(tree, stream, rbracket, indent, start_col, space); // ]
                 },
 
-                ast.Node.SuffixOp.Op.Deref, ast.Node.SuffixOp.Op.UnwrapOptional => {
+                ast.Node.SuffixOp.Op.Deref => {
+                    try renderExpression(allocator, stream, tree, indent, start_col, suffix_op.lhs, Space.None);
+                    return renderToken(tree, stream, suffix_op.rtoken, indent, start_col, space); // .*
+                },
+
+                ast.Node.SuffixOp.Op.UnwrapOptional => {
                     try renderExpression(allocator, stream, tree, indent, start_col, suffix_op.lhs, Space.None);
                     try renderToken(tree, stream, tree.prevToken(suffix_op.rtoken), indent, start_col, Space.None); // .
-                    return renderToken(tree, stream, suffix_op.rtoken, indent, start_col, space); // * or ?
+                    return renderToken(tree, stream, suffix_op.rtoken, indent, start_col, space); // ?
                 },
 
                 @TagType(ast.Node.SuffixOp.Op).Slice => |range| {

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ pub const Token = struct {
         LBracket,
         RBracket,
         Period,
+        PeriodAsterisk,
         Ellipsis2,
         Ellipsis3,
         Caret,
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ pub const Token = struct {
                 .LBracket => "[",
                 .RBracket => "]",
                 .Period => ".",
+                .PeriodAsterisk => ".*",
                 .Ellipsis2 => "..",
                 .Ellipsis3 => "...",
                 .Caret => "^",
@@ -1033,6 +1035,11 @@ pub const Tokenizer = struct {
                     '.' => {
                         state = State.Period2;
                     },
+                    '*' => {
+                        result.id = Token.Id.PeriodAsterisk;
+                        self.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
                     else => {
                         result.id = Token.Id.Period;
                         break;

@@ -2693,10 +2693,12 @@ static AstNode *ast_parse_suffix_op(ParseContext *pc) {
         return res;
     }
 
+    Token *dot_asterisk = eat_token_if(pc, TokenIdDotStar);
+    if (dot_asterisk != nullptr)
+        return ast_create_node(pc, NodeTypePtrDeref, dot_asterisk);
+
     Token *dot = eat_token_if(pc, TokenIdDot);
     if (dot != nullptr) {
-        if (eat_token_if(pc, TokenIdStar) != nullptr)
-            return ast_create_node(pc, NodeTypePtrDeref, dot);
         if (eat_token_if(pc, TokenIdQuestion) != nullptr)
             return ast_create_node(pc, NodeTypeUnwrapOptional, dot);
 

@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@ void tokenize(Buf *buf, Tokenization *out) {
                         t.state = TokenizeStateSawDotDot;
                         set_token_id(&t, t.cur_tok, TokenIdEllipsis2);
                         break;
+                    case '*':
+                        t.state = TokenizeStateStart;
+                        set_token_id(&t, t.cur_tok, TokenIdDotStar);
+                        end_token(&t);
+                        break;
                     default:
                         t.pos -= 1;
                         end_token(&t);
@@ -1603,6 +1608,7 @@ const char * token_name(TokenId id) {
         case TokenIdDivEq: return "/=";
         case TokenIdDocComment: return "DocComment";
         case TokenIdDot: return ".";
+        case TokenIdDotStar: return ".*";
         case TokenIdEllipsis2: return "..";
         case TokenIdEllipsis3: return "...";
         case TokenIdEof: return "EOF";

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum TokenId {
     TokenIdDivEq,
     TokenIdDocComment,
     TokenIdDot,
+    TokenIdDotStar,
     TokenIdEllipsis2,
     TokenIdEllipsis3,
     TokenIdEof,

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// zig fmt: off
+test "pointer deref next to assignment" {
+    var a:i32=2;
+    var b=&a;
+    b.*=3;
+}