demangle(3EXT)						    Extended Library Functions						    demangle(3EXT)

NAME

       demangle, cplus_demangle - decode a C++ encoded symbol name

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file[ library ... ]  -ldemangle

       #include <demangle.h>

       int cplus_demangle(const char *symbol, char *prototype, size_t size);

DESCRIPTION

       The  cplus_demangle()  function	decodes  (demangles) a C++ linker symbol name (mangled name)  into a (partial) C++ prototype, if possible.
       C++ mangled names may not have enough information to form a complete prototype.

       The  symbol string argument points to the input mangled name.

       The prototype argument points to a user-specified output string buffer, of size bytes.

       The  cplus_demangle() function operates on mangled names generated by  SPARCompilers C++ 3.0.1, 4.0.1, 4.1 and 4.2.

       The cplus_demangle() function improves and replaces the demangle() function.

       Refer to the CC.1, dem.1, and c++filt.1 manual pages in the /opt/SUNWspro/man/man1 directory.  These pages  are	only  available  with  the
       SPROcc package.

RETURN VALUES

       The cplus_demangle() function returns the following values:

       0		  The symbol argument is a valid mangled name and prototype contains a (partial) prototype for the symbol.

       DEMANGLE_ENAME	  The symbol argument is not a valid mangled name and the content of prototype is a copy of the symbol.

       DEMANGLE_ESPACE	  The prototype output buffer is too small to contain the prototype (or the symbol), and the content of prototype is unde-
			  fined.

SunOS 5.11							    11 Mar 1997 						    demangle(3EXT)