diff --git a/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/BaseExtensibleLanguage.java b/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/BaseExtensibleLanguage.java
index 68c1b533383..fc980939613 100644
--- a/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/BaseExtensibleLanguage.java
+++ b/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/BaseExtensibleLanguage.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public abstract class BaseExtensibleLanguage extends AbstractLanguage {
 			ILanguage gppLanguage = getParserLanguage() == ParserLanguage.CPP ? GPPLanguage.getDefault() : GCCLanguage.getDefault();
 			gtu = gppLanguage.getASTTranslationUnit(reader, scanInfo, fileCreator, index, options, log);
 			
-			System.out.println("GPP AST:");
+			System.out.println(gppLanguage.getName() + " AST:");
 			ASTPrinter.print(gtu);
 			System.out.println();
 		}
diff --git a/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/action/BuildASTParserAction.java b/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/action/BuildASTParserAction.java
index f9fc228a454..e991a598712 100644
--- a/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/action/BuildASTParserAction.java
+++ b/lrparser/org.eclipse.cdt.core.lrparser/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/lrparser/action/BuildASTParserAction.java
@@ -433,13 +433,23 @@ public abstract class BuildASTParserAction extends AbstractParserAction {
 		
 		if(alternateExpr == null)
 			astStack.push(expr);
+		else if(isFunctionType(expr)) // bug 252243
+			astStack.push(alternateExpr);
 		else {
 			IASTNode ambiguityNode = createAmbiguousExpression(expr, alternateExpr);
 			setOffsetAndLength(ambiguityNode);
 			astStack.push(ambiguityNode);
 		}
 	}
+	 
 	
+	private static boolean isFunctionType(IASTExpression expr) {
+		if(expr instanceof IASTTypeIdExpression) {
+			IASTTypeId typeId = ((IASTTypeIdExpression) expr).getTypeId();
+			return typeId.getAbstractDeclarator() instanceof IASTFunctionDeclarator;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
 	
 	
 	/**