GNU bug report logs - #32403
27.0.50; cc mode: c-display-defun-name doesn't work when return type is a pointer

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Message #8 received at 32403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 32403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32403: 27.0.50;
 cc mode: c-display-defun-name doesn't work when return type is a
 pointer
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:24:50 +0300

> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 17:18:58 -0300
> 
> Hello. I'm sending this report here because I tested in GNU Emacs 26.1.50 and the problem is not present. If
> it belongs to the CC Mode mailing list, please let me know.
> 
> I run: emacs -Q and visit a C file.
> 
> Inside a function that doesn't return a pointer, c-display-defun-name works just fine. Example:
> 
> int
> dummy_returnint(int ret)
> {
>   return ret;
> }
> 
> Minibuffer displays: dummy_returnint
> 
> But when the function returns a pointer, c-display-defun-name fails to display the function name in the
> minibuffer. Example:
> 
> int *
> dummy_returnpointertoint(int *ret)
> {
>   return ret;
> }
> 
> Minibuffer displays nothing

Confirmed.  Alan, could you please take a look at this?

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