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GNU Info (binutils.info)c++filtc++filt ******* c++filt [`-_'|`--strip-underscores'] [`-j'|`--java'] [`-n'|`--no-strip-underscores'] [`-s' FORMAT|`--format='FORMAT] [`--help'] [`--version'] [SYMBOL...] The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java function names are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known as "mangling"). The `c++filt' (1) program does the inverse mapping: it decodes ("demangles") low-level names into user-level names so that the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing. Every alphanumeric word (consisting of letters, digits, underscores, dollars, or periods) seen in the input is a potential label. If the label decodes into a C++ name, the C++ name replaces the low-level name in the output. You can use `c++filt' to decipher individual symbols: c++filt SYMBOL If no SYMBOL arguments are given, `c++filt' reads symbol names from the standard input and writes the demangled names to the standard output. All results are printed on the standard output. `-_' `--strip-underscores' On some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an underscore in front of every name. For example, the C name `foo' gets the low-level name `_foo'. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether `c++filt' removes the underscore by default is target dependent. `-j' `--java' Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default is to use C++ syntax. `-n' `--no-strip-underscores' Do not remove the initial underscore. `-s FORMAT' `--format=FORMAT' GNU `nm' can decode three different methods of mangling, used by different C++ compilers. The argument to this option selects which method it uses: `gnu' the one used by the GNU compiler (the default method) `lucid' the one used by the Lucid compiler `arm' the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual `hp' the one used by the HP compiler `edg' the one used by the EDG compiler `gnu-new-abi' the one used by the GNU compiler with the new ABI. `--help' Print a summary of the options to `c++filt' and exit. `--version' Print the version number of `c++filt' and exit. _Warning:_ `c++filt' is a new utility, and the details of its user interface are subject to change in future releases. In particular, a command-line option may be required in the the future to decode a name passed as an argument on the command line; in other words, c++filt SYMBOL may in a future release become c++filt OPTION SYMBOL ---------- Footnotes ---------- (1) MS-DOS does not allow `+' characters in file names, so on MS-DOS this program is named `cxxfilt'. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |