GCC to open the C++ demangle API?

[Andrew Marlow]

jason@redhat.com writes:
>>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Marlow <apm35@student.open.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> As the OP I would like to chip in at this point. I no longer wish for
>the
>> API to be opened. I agree with RMS that since there is no standard for
>> name mangling in C++ the most appropriate license for this code is the
>GPL
>> rather than the LGPL.
>
>But there IS a standard for name mangling.  And there are at least two
>other vendors with compatible compilers: HP and Intel.
>
>  http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#mangling

This does not appear to be a standard to me. 
I would call it a documented convention for the Itanium environment.
I do like the documentation though, especially the use of BNF.
Thankyou for drawing my attention to this. If only this would be adopted
by ISO.

-apm