Re: Where is docs for typeid(x).name()?

[Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>]

David Sveningsson <ext@sidvind.com> writes:

> Ian Lance Taylor skrev:
> > "Lee Rhodes" <lee@rhoba.com> writes:
> >
> >> I have figured out by experimenting that typeid(x).name() produces:
> >> 'c' if x is type char
> >> 'h' if x is type unsigned char
> >> 'i' if x is type int
> >> 'j' if x is type unsigned int
> >> ...and so on.
> >>
> >> Where can I find the full list of such symbolic representations of internal
> >> types?
> > I believe they are mangled type names.  The mangling is described
> > in section 5.1.5 here:
> >     http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#mangling
> > Ian
> >
> 
> You can also use c++filt (included in binutils) to demangle
> names. Take a look at the source if you want to implement something
> similar into your application.

Or just call __cxa_demangle, which is in -lsupc++.

Ian