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Re: C++ demangler horrors
> From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:48:28PM -0400, Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 01:08:06PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > > > We want a working C++ demangler which is not dependent on libstdc++
> > > > in any way.
> > >
> > > You have to elaborate. My demangler patch requires a C++ compiler to
> > > build, but not a C++ compiler to use. I don't see there is much
> > > drawback. Besides, it will fall back to the old demangler if there is
> > > no suitable C++ compiler.
> > > H.J.
> >
> > FWIW, g++ (cc1plus) on mainline can be built with any ISO C compiler.
> > I.e. you could build cc1plus in stage1 and use that to build the C++
> > demangler.
> >
> > As long as you don't need libstdc++ (or exceptions which also require
> > the target support library) then you should be fine. Ie. you can use
> > all other C++ language features like classes, ctors/dtors etc. If the
> > C++ demangler can restrict itself to these features you should be able
> > to build it in stage1 after building cc1plus.
> >
> > Does this help?
> >
>
> It uses <vector> and <string>.
> H.J.
Can't you write mini replacements?
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Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu