diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
index b1f2093b..4accd037 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
@@ -19262,6 +19262,8 @@ void BfExprEvaluator::PopulateDeferrredTupleAssignData(BfTupleExpression* tupleE
 		DeferredTupleAssignData::Entry entry;
 		entry.mExprEvaluator = NULL;
 		entry.mInnerTuple = NULL;
+		entry.mVarType = NULL;
+		entry.mVarNameNode = NULL;
 
 		BfExpression* valueExpr = tupleExpr->mValues[valueIdx];
 		entry.mExpr = valueExpr;
@@ -19295,6 +19297,23 @@ void BfExprEvaluator::PopulateDeferrredTupleAssignData(BfTupleExpression* tupleE
 					if (resultType == NULL)
 						resultType = mModule->GetPrimitiveType(BfTypeCode_Var);
 				}
+				entry.mVarType = resultType;
+			}
+
+			if (auto binOpExpr = BfNodeDynCast<BfBinaryOperatorExpression>(valueExpr))
+			{
+				if (binOpExpr->mOp == BfBinaryOp_Multiply)
+				{
+					SetAndRestoreValue<bool> prevIgnoreError(mModule->mIgnoreErrors, true);
+					auto resolvedType = mModule->ResolveTypeRef(binOpExpr->mLeft, NULL);
+					prevIgnoreError.Restore();
+					if (resolvedType != NULL)
+					{
+						resultType = mModule->CreatePointerType(resolvedType);
+						entry.mVarType = resultType;
+						entry.mVarNameNode = binOpExpr->mRight;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (resultType == NULL)
@@ -19383,11 +19402,19 @@ void BfExprEvaluator::AssignDeferrredTupleAssignData(BfAssignmentExpression* ass
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (auto varDecl = BfNodeDynCast<BfVariableDeclaration>(child.mExpr))
+		if (child.mVarType != NULL)
 		{
-			if (!elementValue)
-				elementValue = mModule->GetDefaultTypedValue(fieldInstance->GetResolvedType());
-			mModule->HandleVariableDeclaration(varDecl, elementValue);			
+			if (auto varDecl = BfNodeDynCast<BfVariableDeclaration>(child.mExpr))
+			{
+				if (!elementValue)
+					elementValue = mModule->GetDefaultTypedValue(fieldInstance->GetResolvedType());
+				mModule->HandleVariableDeclaration(varDecl, elementValue);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// This handles the 'a*b' disambiguated variable decl case
+				mModule->HandleVariableDeclaration(child.mVarType, child.mVarNameNode, elementValue);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.h b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.h
index 4b4bcfc5..95b49914 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.h
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.h
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ struct DeferredTupleAssignData
 	struct Entry
 	{		
 		BfExpression* mExpr;
+		BfType* mVarType;
+		BfAstNode* mVarNameNode;
 		BfExprEvaluator* mExprEvaluator;
 		DeferredTupleAssignData* mInnerTuple;
 	};
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModule.h b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModule.h
index 2c2568fa..10baa57d 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModule.h
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModule.h
@@ -1893,6 +1893,7 @@ public:
 	BfTypedValue HandleCaseBind(BfTypedValue enumVal, const BfTypedValue& tagVal, BfEnumCaseBindExpression* bindExpr, BfIRBlock* eqBlock = NULL, BfIRBlock* notEqBlock = NULL, BfIRBlock* matchBlock = NULL, int* outEnumIdx = NULL);
 	void TryInitVar(BfAstNode* checkNode, BfLocalVariable* varDecl, BfTypedValue initValue, BfTypedValue& checkResult);
 	BfLocalVariable* HandleVariableDeclaration(BfVariableDeclaration* varDecl, BfExprEvaluator* exprEvaluator = NULL);
+	BfLocalVariable* HandleVariableDeclaration(BfType* type, BfAstNode* nameNode, BfTypedValue val, bool updateSrcLoc = true, bool forceAddr = false);
 	BfLocalVariable* HandleVariableDeclaration(BfVariableDeclaration* varDecl, BfTypedValue val, bool updateSrcLoc = true, bool forceAddr = false);
 	void CheckVariableDef(BfLocalVariable* variableDef);		
 	BfScopeData* FindScope(BfAstNode* scopeName, BfMixinState* curMixinState, bool allowAcrossDeferredBlock);
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfReducer.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfReducer.cpp
index 1d3f7014..788d1ea9 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfReducer.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfReducer.cpp
@@ -1598,14 +1598,6 @@ BfExpression* BfReducer::CreateExpression(BfAstNode* node, CreateExprFlags creat
 							if (isTuple)
 								isLocalVariable = true;
 						}
-						else if (endingToken == BfToken_Star)
-						{
-							// Check spacing for "a* b" to determine if it's a pointer definition or a multiply
-							auto beforeStarNode = mVisitorPos.Get(outEndNode - 2);
-							if ((endingTokenNode->GetSrcStart() == beforeStarNode->GetSrcEnd()) &&
-								(identifierNode->GetSrcStart() > endingTokenNode->GetSrcEnd()))
-								isLocalVariable = true;
-						}
 						else if ((endingToken != BfToken_Star) && (endingToken != BfToken_Question))
 							isLocalVariable = true;
 					}
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
index 9dc2fc18..7580a651 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
@@ -1932,6 +1932,40 @@ BfLocalVariable* BfModule::HandleVariableDeclaration(BfVariableDeclaration* varD
 	return localVar;
 }
 
+BfLocalVariable* BfModule::HandleVariableDeclaration(BfType* type, BfAstNode* nameNode, BfTypedValue val, bool updateSrcLoc, bool forceAddr)
+{
+	BfLocalVariable* localDef = new BfLocalVariable();
+	nameNode->ToString(localDef->mName);
+	localDef->mNameNode = BfNodeDynCast<BfIdentifierNode>(nameNode);
+	localDef->mResolvedType = type;
+	localDef->mAssignedKind = BfLocalVarAssignKind_Unconditional;
+	localDef->mValue = val.mValue;
+
+	if ((!localDef->mIsReadOnly) || (mHasFullDebugInfo))
+	{
+		localDef->mAddr = AllocLocalVariable(localDef->mResolvedType, localDef->mName);
+		if ((val.mValue) && (!localDef->mResolvedType->IsValuelessType()) && (!localDef->mResolvedType->IsVar()))
+		{
+			if (localDef->mResolvedType->IsRef())
+				val = MakeAddressable(val, true, true);
+
+			if (val.IsSplat())
+			{
+				AggregateSplatIntoAddr(val, localDef->mAddr);
+			}
+			else
+				mBfIRBuilder->CreateAlignedStore(val.mValue, localDef->mAddr, localDef->mResolvedType->mAlign);
+		}
+	}
+
+	CheckVariableDef(localDef);
+
+	if (nameNode->GetSourceData() != NULL)
+		UpdateSrcPos(nameNode);
+	localDef->Init();
+	return AddLocalVariableDef(localDef, true);	
+}
+
 BfLocalVariable* BfModule::HandleVariableDeclaration(BfVariableDeclaration* varDecl, BfTypedValue val, bool updateSrcLoc, bool forceAddr)
 {
 	if (varDecl->mEqualsNode != NULL)
@@ -2337,6 +2371,31 @@ void BfModule::HandleCaseEnumMatch_Tuple(BfTypedValue tupleVal, const BfSizedArr
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (auto binOpExpr = BfNodeDynCast<BfBinaryOperatorExpression>(expr))
+		{
+			if (binOpExpr->mOp == BfBinaryOp_Multiply)
+			{
+				SetAndRestoreValue<bool> prevIgnoreError(mIgnoreErrors, true);
+				auto resolvedType = ResolveTypeRef(binOpExpr->mLeft, NULL);
+				prevIgnoreError.Restore();
+				if (resolvedType != NULL)
+				{
+					resolvedType = CreatePointerType(resolvedType);
+
+					PopulateType(tupleElement.mType);					
+					tupleElement = LoadValue(tupleElement);
+					tupleElement = Cast(binOpExpr->mLeft, tupleElement, resolvedType);
+
+					if (prevHadFallthrough)
+						Fail("Destructuring cannot be used when the previous case contains a fallthrough", expr);
+
+					auto localVar = HandleVariableDeclaration(resolvedType, binOpExpr->mRight, tupleElement, false, true);
+					localVar->mReadFromId = 0; // Don't give usage errors for binds
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (auto uninitExpr = BfNodeDynCast<BfUninitializedExpression>(expr))
 		{
 			continue;