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Re: binutils development (was Re: Problems building binutils-000220 snapshot)


On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 09:28:56AM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Actually, neither dlopen support nor GNAT support has anything to do
> > with adding --demangler and --style options to the binutils.  Sure,
> 
> The whole purpose of --demangler and --style is for dlopen and GNAT.
> At least, that was what I had in mind when I implemented them.

BTW, I don't think the current demangler scheme in binutils works very
well. The problem is the mangling scheme in compiler changes over time.
I don't think binutils can keep up with it. Instead, each compiler
should provide its down demangler.so so that binutils can have a chance
to correctly demangle the mangled symbol. The builtin demangler in
binutils should be used as the last resort.

H.J.

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