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Re: g++ 2.95 typeinfo::name()
- To: "Kellogg, Oliver" <Oliver dot Kellogg at vs dot dasa dot de>
- Subject: Re: g++ 2.95 typeinfo::name()
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 22 Jan 2001 10:05:04 -0200
- Cc: "'gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <F5AFD56E32E8D21191090060974838B1015E4802@ulm003.vs.dasa.de>
On Jan 22, 2001, "Kellogg, Oliver" <Oliver.Kellogg@vs.dasa.de> wrote:
> Is it correct that the typeinfo::name() method of g++-2.95
> returns a number, i.e. the length of following characters,
> prefixed to the actual name?
Yep. It would also be correct if it just returned an empty string for
all types.
GCC chooses to return the mangled type name, because it is unique and
relatively compact, instead of returning a printable canonicalized
type name. But this might be changed at any time, and you probably
shouldn't rely on it.
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