Bug #79576 [NEW]: "const TYPE *" is not parsed properly when type is not defined

From: grzegorz129 at gmail dot com Operating system: macOS 10.15.4 PHP version: 7.4.5 Package: *Extensibility Functions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:"const TYPE *" is not parsed properly when type is not defined Description: ------------ When parsing function declarations containing "const CUSTOM_TYPE *" the FFI modules wrongly states that unsupported specifier combination was used. When type is properly defined the FFI module is able to parse them without a problem. Test script: --------------- <?php //Result: no error \FFI::cdef(' typedef unsigned long u_long; typedef u_long oid; struct tree *get_tree(const oid *, size_t, struct tree *); '); //vs. //Result: FFI\ParserException: unsupported type specifier combination at line 1 \FFI::cdef('struct tree *get_tree(const oid *, size_t, struct tree *);'); Expected result: ---------------- FFI\ParserException: undefined C type 'oid' Actual result: -------------- FFI\ParserException: unsupported type specifier combination -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79576&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79576&r=mysqlcfg