SYNOPSIS
c++filt [-_|--strip-underscores][-j|--java]
[-n|--no-strip-underscores]
[-p|--no-params]
[-s format|--format=format]
[--help] [--version] [symbol...]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
- -_
- --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.
- -p
- --no-params
- When demangling the name of a function, do not display the types of the function's parameters.
- -s format
- --format=format
-
c++filt can decode various methods of mangling, used by
different compilers. The argument to this option selects which
method it uses:
-
- "auto"
- Automatic selection based on executable (the default method)
- "gnu"
- the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++)
- "lucid"
- the one used by the Lucid compiler (lcc)
- "arm"
- the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual
- "hp"
- the one used by the HP compiler (aCC)
- "edg"
- the one used by the EDG compiler
- "gnu-v3"
- the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++) with the V3 ABI.
- "java"
- the one used by the GNU Java compiler (gcj)
- "gnat"
- the one used by the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT).
-
- --help
- Print a summary of the options to c++filt and exit.
- --version
- Print the version number of c++filt and exit.
FOOTNOTES
- 1.
- MS-DOS does not allow "+" characters in file names, so on MS-DOS this program is named c++filt.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.