id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc
107	Parser throws exception for double* argument of function	JimKleckner	somebody	"The following code:
{{{
cdef int doublePointer(double* inOutArray):
    return 1
}}}

generates the following error traceback with changeset 1291:16fc9454a2e5 

It should generate a meaningful error message.

{{{
  File ""/usr/bin/cython"", line 8, in <module>
    main(command_line = 1)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Main.py"", line 715, in main
    result = compile(sources, options)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Main.py"", line 692, in compile
    return compile_multiple(source, options)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Main.py"", line 662, in compile_multiple
    result = run_pipeline(source, options)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Main.py"", line 524, in run_pipeline
    err, enddata = context.run_pipeline(pipeline, source)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Main.py"", line 183, in run_pipeline
    data = phase(data)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/ParseTreeTransforms.py"", line 532, in __call__
    return super(AnalyseDeclarationsTransform, self).__call__(root)        
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Visitor.py"", line 170, in __call__
    return super(CythonTransform, self).__call__(node)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Visitor.py"", line 156, in __call__
    return self.visit(root)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Visitor.py"", line 36, in visit
    return m(obj)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/ParseTreeTransforms.py"", line 535, in visit_ModuleNode
    node.analyse_declarations(self.env_stack[-1])
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/ModuleNode.py"", line 58, in analyse_declarations
    self.body.analyse_declarations(env)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py"", line 312, in analyse_declarations
    stat.analyse_declarations(env)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py"", line 1193, in analyse_declarations
    name_declarator, type = self.declarator.analyse(base_type, env, nonempty = 2 * (self.body is not None))
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py"", line 478, in analyse
    name_declarator, type = arg_node.analyse(env, nonempty = nonempty)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py"", line 588, in analyse
    if self.base_type.arg_name:
AttributeError: 'CComplexBaseTypeNode' object has no attribute 'arg_name'
}}}
"	defect	closed	major	0.10	Parsing	fixed