C++ demangler horrors

[Kaveh R. Ghazi]

 > 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