bug#23313: 25.0.92; CC Mode not recognizing function declarations that returns pointer to custom type

[Mohammed Sadik]

c-mode doesn't recognize (or at least colorize as per current rules)
function declarations that returns a pointer (or pointer to pointer) to
custom data types:

Eg., If my c file contains:

     GtkWidget *
     my_window_new (GtkApplication *app);

Its not recognized as a function declaration, while this works:

     GtkWidget
     my_window_new (GtkApplication *app);

Package: CC Mode 5.33

In GNU Emacs 25.0.92.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
 of 2016-04-13 built on fedora.localdomain
Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.11800000
Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG SOUND DBUS GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS
LIBXML2 FREETYPE XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11

Important settings:
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_IN.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_IN.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: en_IN.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: C/l

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

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mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mailabbrev mail-utils gmm-utils mailheader
reporter cl-extra help-mode cc-mode cc-fonts easymenu cc-guess cc-menus
cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs cl-loaddefs pcase
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vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win term/common-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd
fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode
lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select
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cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files
text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule
custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote dbusbind inotify
dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk
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Memory information:
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 (symbols 48 22007 0)
 (miscs 40 97 312)
 (strings 32 21591 3488)
 (string-bytes 1 722478)
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