Where does the "__Fv" come from that gets added to all my names?

[Mike Stump]

> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:57:10 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Brad M. Garcia" <bgarcia@fore.com>

> A C++ function called "foo" gets mangled into "foo__Fv".

Right.

> I've noticed that "__Fv" gets added to the end of some of my names,

Right.

> but not others.

But not C functions, this is to be compatible with C compilers.

> What determines when this mangling is done?

extern "C" is one way to say that a function is a C function.