[fpc-devel] mangling of function names

[Sven Barth]

On 24.06.2013 15:40, martin wrote:
> On 24/06/13 14:25, Jonas Maebe wrote:
>>
>>
>> You should not try to parse the mangled name, because FPC's name
>> mangling is a one-way process at this time (and always has been until
>> now). If the mangled name's length gets close to 250 characters, the
>> end will be replaced by a CRC of the name (possibly multiple times).
>>
> I know it can break and all
>
> but that is no problem.
> currently there is no other data in those cases, so the debugger can not
> to anything, not even open the unit.
>
> if parsing fails (including codetool verifies if the result makes any
> sense at all), then still nothing happens. same as before.
>
> if in some cases it works, then that is an improvement.

The most important part is "make_mangledname" in "symdef.pas" and should 
at least give you a hint how the mangled name is constructed. But as 
Jonas said, this can break at any time.

Regards,
Sven