From 851f7db825093c4e71465765a0be97fd9ad323c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:43:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with pointer (char* myfunc()) while converting from
 *.ino to *.cpp // Resolve #506

---
 HISTORY.rst                         | 3 +++
 platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 90e25264..c2e54e39 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ PlatformIO 2.0
   (`IDE issue #34 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-atom-ide/issues/34>`_)
 * Fixed unable to link C++ standard library to Espressif platform build
   (`issue #503 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/503>`_)
+* Fixed issue with pointer (``char* myfunc()``) while converting from ``*.ino``
+  to ``*.cpp``
+  (`issue #506 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/506>`_)
 
 2.8.3 (2016-02-02)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
index 018ad7f7..f6c38555 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class InoToCPPConverter(object):
 
     PROTOTYPE_RE = re.compile(
         r"""^(
-        (\s*[a-z_\d]+){1,2}         # return type
+        (\s*[a-z_\d]+\*?){1,2}      # return type
         (\s+[a-z_\d]+\s*)           # name of prototype
         \([a-z_,\.\*\&\[\]\s\d]*\)  # arguments
         )\s*\{                      # must end with {