Fix calling methods on struct pointers

Fixes bug 686190

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
index af9f51f38..b0c48ee4f 100644
--- a/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
+++ b/vala/valamemberaccess.vala
@@ -891,10 +891,17 @@ public class Vala.MemberAccess : Expression {
 		var this_access = inner.symbol_reference is Parameter && inner.symbol_reference.name == "this";
 		var struct_or_array = (inner.value_type is StructValueType && !inner.value_type.nullable) || inner.value_type is ArrayType;
 
-		if (instance && struct_or_array && (symbol_reference is Method || lvalue) && ((inner is MemberAccess && inner.symbol_reference is Variable) || inner is ElementAccess) && !this_access) {
+		var ma = inner as MemberAccess;
+		if (ma == null && struct_or_array && inner is PointerIndirection) {
+			// (*struct)->method()
+			ma = ((PointerIndirection) inner).inner as MemberAccess;
+		}
+
+		if (instance && struct_or_array && (symbol_reference is Method || lvalue) && ((ma != null && ma.symbol_reference is Variable) || inner is ElementAccess) && !this_access) {
 			inner.lvalue = true;
-			if (inner is MemberAccess) {
-				((MemberAccess) inner).check_lvalue_access ();
+			if (ma != null) {
+				ma.lvalue = true;
+				ma.check_lvalue_access ();
 			}
 		}
 	}