. operator on pointers

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap/parse.c b/bootstrap/parse.c
index 32cd202..9c6f5a8 100644
--- a/bootstrap/parse.c
+++ b/bootstrap/parse.c
@@ -1000,9 +1000,12 @@ pexpostfix(struct parser *P) {
       };
    } else if (lexmatch(P, &tok, '.')) {
       const char *fnam =  (tok = lexexpect(P, TKident)).str;
-      if (ex.ty->t == TYstruct || ex.ty->t == TYunion) {
-         int idx = structfldnam2idx(ex.ty, fnam);
-         struct aggfield *fld = &ex.ty->agg.flds.d[idx];
+      const struct type *ty = ex.ty;
+      if (ty->t == TYptr)
+         ty = ty->child;
+      if (ty->t == TYstruct || ty->t == TYunion) {
+         int idx = structfldnam2idx(ty, fnam);
+         struct aggfield *fld = &ty->agg.flds.d[idx];
          if (idx < 0)
             fatal(P, tok.span, "%t has no such field `%s'", ex.ty, fnam);
          
@@ -1012,7 +1015,7 @@ pexpostfix(struct parser *P) {
          ex.ty = fld->ty;
          ex.get.fld = fnam;
       } else {
-         fatal(P, tok.span, "cannot acces `%s': left-hand-side is not an aggregate (%t)",
+         fatal(P, tok.span, "cannot access `%s': left-hand-side is not an aggregate (%t)",
                fnam, ex.ty);
       }
    } else {