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Minor cleanups to c++filt node, and copyright dates.

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Roland Pesch 1993-05-15 00:35:08 +00:00
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@end ifinfo
@ifinfo
Copyright @copyright{} 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
@c This file documents the GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
@c "objdump", "nm", "size", "strip", and "ranlib".
@c
@c Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
@c General Public License.
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
@title The GNU Binary Utilities
@subtitle Version 2.2
@sp 1
@subtitle April 1993
@subtitle May 1993
@author Roland H. Pesch
@author Cygnus Support
@page
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
@end tex
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ archives, @samp{strip -v} lists all members of the archive.
@cindex demangling C++ symbols
The C++ language provides function overloading, which means that
the user can write many function with the same name (but taking
you can write many function with the same name (but taking
different kinds of parameters). So that the linker can keep these
overloaded functions from clashing, all C++ function names are
encoded ("mangled") into a funny-looking low-level assembly label.
encoded (``mangled'') into a funny-looking low-level assembly label.
The @code{c++filt} program does the inverse mapping: It decodes
("demangles") low-level names into user-level names.
(``demangles'') low-level names into user-level names.
When @code{c++filt} is used as a filter (which is usually the case),
When you use @code{c++filt} as a filter (which is usually the case),
it reads from standard input. 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.
@ -1059,10 +1059,10 @@ the C++ name will replace the low-level name in the output.
A typical use of @code{c++filt} is to pipe the output of @code{nm}
though it.
Note that on some systems, both the C and C++ compilers prepend
an underscore in front of every name. (I.e. the C name @code{foo}
gets the low-level name @code{_foo}.) On such systems, @code{c++filt}
will remove any initial underscore of a potential label.
Note that on some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an
underscore in front of every name. (I.e. the C name @code{foo} gets the
low-level name @code{_foo}.) On such systems, @code{c++filt} removes
any initial underscore of a potential label.
@node Index, , c++filt, Top
@unnumbered Index