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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: strange function symbol names?
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 07:57:01 -0700
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Alexander Lehmann wrote:

> This is called C++ name mangling. The problem is that you can have the same
> function name with different parameter/return value types and the proper
> function is called depening of the types. To make the linker distinguish
> the different functions, the types are somehow encoded into the function
> names. (In a reversible manner, I think, the debugger, nm etc can correctly
> list the functions).

Precisely.  Any good reference on C++ (such as _The Annotated C++ Reference_ by
Ellis and Stroustrup) will detail the manner in which the names are mangled.
It's a part of the draft standard.

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