+ if (is_pointer(type_left) && is_pointer(type_right)) {
+ pointer_type_t *pointer_type_left = (pointer_type_t*) type_left;
+ pointer_type_t *pointer_type_right = (pointer_type_t*) type_right;
+ type_t *points_to_left = pointer_type_left->points_to;
+ type_t *points_to_right = pointer_type_right->points_to;
+
+ if(!is_atomic_type(points_to_left, ATOMIC_TYPE_VOID)
+ && !is_atomic_type(points_to_right, ATOMIC_TYPE_VOID)
+ && !types_compatible(points_to_left, points_to_right)) {
+ goto incompatible_assign_types;
+ }
+
+ /* the left type has all qualifiers from the right type */
+ unsigned missing_qualifiers
+ = points_to_right->qualifiers & ~points_to_left->qualifiers;
+ if(missing_qualifiers != 0) {
+ parser_print_error_prefix();
+ fprintf(stderr, "destination type ");
+ print_type_quoted(type_left);
+ fprintf(stderr, " in %s from type ", context);
+ print_type_quoted(type_right);
+ fprintf(stderr, " lacks qualifiers '");
+ print_type_qualifiers(missing_qualifiers);
+ fprintf(stderr, "' in pointed-to type\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ *right = create_implicit_cast(*right, type_left);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (is_compound_type(type_left)
+ && types_compatible(type_left, type_right)) {
+ *right = create_implicit_cast(*right, type_left);
+ return;
+ }
+
+incompatible_assign_types:
+ /* TODO: improve error message */
+ parser_print_error_prefix();
+ fprintf(stderr, "incompatible types in %s\n", context);
+ parser_print_error_prefix();
+ print_type_quoted(type_left);
+ fputs(" <- ", stderr);
+ print_type_quoted(type_right);
+ fputs("\n", stderr);