Convert MS VC++ name mangling to GCC name mangling

[Nathan Sidwell]

Alexander Stock wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to convert a with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 created dll with
> "Microsoft C++ name mangling" to a dll with "GCC C++ name mangling"
> and I want to ask if it's generally possible to do such a task?
> Can I only demangle the Microsoft C++ names and then mangle them with
> GNU C++ style again or have I to watch some other obscure things?
Your scheme should work, provided no information has been lost in the MSVC++
mangling. (It is possible some template information is lost, such that
there are two possible g++ remanglings. I suspect that will not be a problem
in practice.)

I'm sure you're aware that you won't be able to pass class objects across the
library interface.

nathan

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