--- a/sema/AstAction.d	Fri May 02 15:48:57 2008 +0200
+++ b/sema/AstAction.d	Fri May 02 16:38:31 2008 +0200
@@ -128,8 +128,11 @@
     override ExprT actOnUnaryOp(Token op, ExprT operand)
     {
         Exp target = cast(Exp)operand;
-        // can only be -x for now
-        return new NegateExp(target);
+        if (op.type == Tok.Minus)
+            return new NegateExp(target);
+        if (op.type == Tok.Star)
+            return new DerefExp(target);
+        assert(0, "Only valid unary expressions are -x and *x");
     }
 
     override ExprT actOnCallExpr(ExprT fn, ref Token, ExprT[] args, ref Token)