From 11b29eff99910d55a54658b8a1d053cc4ec076fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yong He <yonghe@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 14:05:02 -0700
Subject: Implicit pointer dereference when using member operator. (#2348)

* Implicit pointer dereference when using member operator.

* Add expected test result

* Fix lookup.

Co-authored-by: Yong He <yhe@nvidia.com>
---
 source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp')

diff --git a/source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp b/source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp
index dc0d69f04..50bc55641 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-check-type.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ namespace Slang
         return typeOut.type;
     }
 
+    Type* getPointedToTypeIfCanImplicitDeref(Type* type)
+    {
+        if (auto ptrLike = as<PointerLikeType>(type))
+        {
+            return ptrLike->getElementType();
+        }
+        else if (auto ptrType = as<PtrType>(type))
+        {
+            return ptrType->getValueType();
+        }
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     Expr* SemanticsVisitor::TranslateTypeNodeImpl(Expr* node)
     {
         if (!node) return nullptr;
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