diff --git a/ast/member_expr.go b/ast/member_expr.go
index a2427a833..daadb3467 100644
--- a/ast/member_expr.go
+++ b/ast/member_expr.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ type MemberExpr struct {
 }
 
 func parseMemberExpr(line string) *MemberExpr {
-	// 0x7fcc758e34a0 <col:8, col:12> 'int' lvalue ->_w 0x7fcc758d60c8
 	groups := groupsFromRegex(
 		`<(?P<position>.*)>
 		 '(?P<type>.*?)'
@@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ func (n *MemberExpr) AddChild(node Node) {
 	n.Children = append(n.Children, node)
 }
 
-// GetDeclRefExpr gets DeclRefExpr from MemberExpr, or nil if there is no DeclRefExpr
+// GetDeclRefExpr gets DeclRefExpr from MemberExpr, or nil if there is no
+// DeclRefExpr
 func (n *MemberExpr) GetDeclRefExpr() *DeclRefExpr {
 	for _, child := range n.Children {
 		res, ok := child.(*DeclRefExpr)
diff --git a/noarch/stdio.go b/noarch/stdio.go
index df0e8e167..48ebe12d6 100644
--- a/noarch/stdio.go
+++ b/noarch/stdio.go
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ func Fscanf(f *File, format []byte, args ...interface{}) int {
 
 	n, err := fmt.Fscanf(f.OsFile, CStringToString(format), realArgs...)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
 		return -1
 	}
 
diff --git a/noarch/util.go b/noarch/util.go
index ab63dd610..18c891afd 100644
--- a/noarch/util.go
+++ b/noarch/util.go
@@ -40,12 +40,24 @@ func CStringIsNull(s []byte) bool {
 	return s[0] == 0
 }
 
+// CPointerToGoPointer converts a C-style pointer into a Go-style pointer.
+//
+// C pointers are represented as slices that have one element pointing to where
+// the original C pointer would be referencing. This isn't useful if the pointed
+// value needs to be passed to another Go function in these libraries.
+//
+// See also GoPointerToCPointer.
 func CPointerToGoPointer(a interface{}) interface{} {
 	t := reflect.TypeOf(a).Elem()
 
 	return reflect.New(t).Elem().Addr().Interface()
 }
 
+// GoPointerToCPointer does the opposite of CPointerToGoPointer.
+//
+// A Go pointer (simply a pointer) is converted back into the original slice
+// structure (of the original slice reference) so that the calling functions
+// will be able to see the new data of that pointer.
 func GoPointerToCPointer(destination interface{}, value interface{}) {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(destination).Elem()
 	reflect.ValueOf(value).Index(0).Set(v)
diff --git a/transpiler/binary.go b/transpiler/binary.go
index 33c76eddd..4d31b5632 100644
--- a/transpiler/binary.go
+++ b/transpiler/binary.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func transpileBinaryOperator(n *ast.BinaryOperator, p *program.Program) (
 
 		resolvedLeftType, err := types.ResolveType(p, leftType)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			p.AddMessage(ast.GenerateWarningMessage(err, n))
 		}
 
 		return util.NewBinaryExpr(left, operator, right, resolvedLeftType), "bool",
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func transpileBinaryOperator(n *ast.BinaryOperator, p *program.Program) (
 
 	resolvedLeftType, err := types.ResolveType(p, leftType)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		p.AddMessage(ast.GenerateWarningMessage(err, n))
 	}
 
 	return util.NewBinaryExpr(left, operator, right, resolvedLeftType),