diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index ccfd66118..ae363eca6 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ bool CheckAutoVariables::isPtrArg(const Token *tok)
     return (var && var->isArgument() && var->isPointer());
 }
 
+bool CheckAutoVariables::isArrayArg(const Token *tok)
+{
+    const Variable *var = tok->variable();
+
+    return (var && var->isArgument() && var->isArray());
+}
+
 bool CheckAutoVariables::isRefPtrArg(const Token *tok)
 {
     const Variable *var = tok->variable();
@@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::autoVariables()
                         errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok->next(), false);
                 }
                 tok = tok->tokAt(4);
-            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% [") && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(2), "] = & %var%") && isPtrArg(tok->next()) && isAutoVar(tok->linkAt(2)->tokAt(3))) {
+            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% [") && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(2), "] = & %var%") && isArrayArg(tok->next()) && isAutoVar(tok->linkAt(2)->tokAt(3))) {
                 const Token* const varTok = tok->linkAt(2)->tokAt(3);
                 if (checkRvalueExpression(varTok))
                     errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok->next(), false);
diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.h b/lib/checkautovariables.h
index 6d111f470..f9aaab535 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.h
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     static bool isPtrArg(const Token *tok);
+    static bool isArrayArg(const Token *tok);
     static bool isRefPtrArg(const Token *tok);
     static bool isNonReferenceArg(const Token *tok);
     static bool isAutoVar(const Token *tok);
diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 7b5f34266..ad4a8ef9e 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2382,7 +2382,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkIncompleteArrayFill()
                     continue;
 
                 if (MathLib::toLongNumber(tok->linkAt(1)->strAt(-1)) == var->dimension(0)) {
-                    const unsigned int size = _tokenizer->sizeOfType(var->typeStartToken());
+                    unsigned int size = _tokenizer->sizeOfType(var->typeStartToken());
+                    if (size == 0 && var->typeStartToken()->next()->str() == "*")
+                        size = _settings->sizeof_pointer;
                     if ((size != 1 && size != 100 && size != 0) || var->isPointer()) {
                         if (printWarning)
                             incompleteArrayFillError(tok, var->name(), tok->str(), false);
diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 586e3c93b..642e219cc 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ void CheckUninitVar::checkScope(const Scope* scope)
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (i->isArray()) {
+        if (i->isArray() || i->isPointerToArray()) {
             const Token *tok = i->nameToken()->next();
+            if (i->isPointerToArray())
+                tok = tok->next();
             while (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), "] ["))
                 tok = tok->link()->next();
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), "] ="))
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index a7524d5cf..c65256d60 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1435,6 +1435,9 @@ const Token * Variable::declEndToken() const
 
 void Variable::evaluate(const Library* lib)
 {
+    if (_name)
+        setFlag(fIsArray, arrayDimensions(lib));
+
     const Token* tok = _start;
     while (tok && tok->previous() && tok->previous()->isName())
         tok = tok->previous();
@@ -1448,7 +1451,7 @@ void Variable::evaluate(const Library* lib)
         else if (tok->str() == "const")
             setFlag(fIsConst, true);
         else if (tok->str() == "*") {
-            setFlag(fIsPointer, true);
+            setFlag(fIsPointer, !isArray() || Token::Match(tok->previous(), "( * %name% )"));
             setFlag(fIsConst, false); // Points to const, isn't necessarily const itself
         } else if (tok->str() == "&") {
             if (isReference())
@@ -1470,8 +1473,6 @@ void Variable::evaluate(const Library* lib)
     while (_end && _end->previous() && _end->str() == "const")
         _end = _end->previous();
 
-    if (_name)
-        setFlag(fIsArray, arrayDimensions(lib));
     if (_start) {
         setFlag(fIsClass, !_start->isStandardType() && !isPointer() && !isReference());
         setFlag(fIsStlType, Token::simpleMatch(_start, "std ::"));
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.h b/lib/symboldatabase.h
index e994be2d0..0379cdd0a 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.h
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.h
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public:
      * @return true if array, false if not
      */
     bool isArray() const {
-        return getFlag(fIsArray);
+        return getFlag(fIsArray) && !getFlag(fIsPointer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ public:
         return getFlag(fIsPointer);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Is variable a pointer to an array
+     * @return true if pointer to array, false otherwise
+     */
+    bool isPointerToArray() const {
+        return isPointer() && getFlag(fIsArray);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Is array or pointer variable.
      * @return true if pointer or array, false otherwise
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index b944423d7..d2b4e119b 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6964,12 +6964,6 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParentheses()
             ret = true;
         }
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%type% ( * %name% ) [") && tok->previous()->isStandardType()) {
-            tok->link()->deleteThis();
-            tok->deleteThis();
-            ret = true;
-        }
-
         if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "*|& ( %name% )")) {
             // We may have a variable declaration looking like "type_name *(var_name)"
             Token *tok2 = tok->tokAt(-2);
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index a8bf0c94b..6353c0e9e 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ private:
 
     void testautovar11() { // #4641 - fp, assign local struct member address to function parameter
         check("struct A {\n"
-              "    char *data[10];\n"
+              "    char (*data)[10];\n"
               "};\n"
               "void foo(char** p) {\n"
               "    struct A a = bar();\n"
-              "    *p = &a.data[0];\n"
+              "    *p = &(*a.data)[0];\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
@@ -542,13 +542,13 @@ private:
               "   long *pKoeff[256];\n"
               "   delete[] pKoeff;\n"
               "}");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Deallocation of an auto-variable results in undefined behaviour.\n", "", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Deallocation of an auto-variable results in undefined behaviour.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("int main() {\n"
               "   long *pKoeff[256];\n"
               "   free (pKoeff);\n"
               "}");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Deallocation of an auto-variable results in undefined behaviour.\n", "", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Deallocation of an auto-variable results in undefined behaviour.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void foo() {\n"
               "   const intPtr& intref = Getter();\n"
diff --git a/test/testconstructors.cpp b/test/testconstructors.cpp
index 766884d57..654e9fcda 100644
--- a/test/testconstructors.cpp
+++ b/test/testconstructors.cpp
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ private:
               "{\n"
               "public:\n"
               "    John() { }\n"
-              "    A *a[5];\n"
+              "    A (*a)[5];\n"
               "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (warning) Member variable 'John::a' is not initialized in the constructor.\n", errout.str());
     }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 5adb8af20..a6544dc85 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -5288,7 +5288,7 @@ private:
               "    Foo a[5];\n"
               "    memset(a, 'a', 5);\n"
               "}");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (warning, inconclusive) Array 'a' is filled incompletely. Did you forget to multiply the size given to 'memset()' with 'sizeof(*a)'?\n", "", errout.str());
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (warning, inconclusive) Array 'a' is filled incompletely. Did you forget to multiply the size given to 'memset()' with 'sizeof(*a)'?\n", "", errout.str());
 
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    Foo a[5];\n" // Size of foo is unknown
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 0a9590dec..352944b4d 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ private:
                             "type4 t4;";
 
         // The expected result..
-        const char expected[] = "char * t1 [ 10 ] ; "
+        const char expected[] = "char ( * t1 ) [ 10 ] ; "
                                 "char ( * ( * tp1 ) [ 2 ] ) [ 10 ] ; "
                                 "char ( & t2 ) [ 10 ] ; "
                                 "char ( & t3 ) [ x ] ; "
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 43dd849a0..a5f1fd618 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -496,14 +496,15 @@ private:
 
     void test_isVariableDeclarationIdentifiesOfArrayPointers() {
         reset();
-        givenACodeSampleToTokenize arr("A *a[5];");
+        givenACodeSampleToTokenize arr("A (*a)[5];");
         bool result = si.isVariableDeclaration(arr.tokens(), vartok, typetok);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, result);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a", vartok->str());
         ASSERT_EQUALS("A", typetok->str());
         Variable v(vartok, typetok, vartok->previous(), 0, Public, 0, 0, &settings.library);
-        ASSERT(true == v.isArray());
         ASSERT(true == v.isPointer());
+        ASSERT(false == v.isArray());
+        ASSERT(true == v.isPointerToArray());
         ASSERT(false == v.isReference());
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 47f89858e..acdf1e308 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -3300,7 +3300,7 @@ private:
     }
 
     void removeParentheses18() {
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("float * a [ 2 ] ;", tokenizeAndStringify("float(*a)[2];", false));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("float ( * a ) [ 2 ] ;", tokenizeAndStringify("float(*a)[2];", false));
     }
 
     void removeParentheses19() {
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index ce7482d14..9ffc2c377 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -641,6 +641,14 @@ private:
                        "    return j;\n"
                        "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // Ticket #5646
+        checkUninitVar("float foo() {\n"
+                       "  float source[2] = {3.1, 3.1};\n"
+                       "  float (*sink)[2] = &source;\n"
+                       "  return (*sink)[0];\n"
+                       "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     // Handling of unknown types. Assume they are POD in C.
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index c473b2c24..0dbeb0013 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -1977,9 +1977,9 @@ private:
 
     void varid_pointerToArray() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
-                      "1: int * a1@1 [ 10 ] ;\n"
+                      "1: int ( * a1@1 ) [ 10 ] ;\n"
                       "2: void f1 ( ) {\n"
-                      "3: int * a2@2 [ 10 ] ;\n"
+                      "3: int ( * a2@2 ) [ 10 ] ;\n"
                       "4: int ( & a3@3 ) [ 10 ] ;\n"
                       "5: }\n"
                       "6: struct A {\n"