Phil Edwards - Re: __cxa_demangle sanity checks, issues, thoughts (original) (raw)

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• From: Phil Edwards
• To: Ulrich Drepper
• Cc: Benjamin Kosnik , libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
• Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:48:11 -0400
• Subject: Re: __cxa_demangle sanity checks, issues, thoughts
• References: <200208160456.g7G4uRb12387@fillmore.constant.com> <3D5C9FC4.8090205@redhat.com>

On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 11:46:28PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

// nm -g -P libstdc++.so.5.0.0 | awk '{ print 11 12}' | sort >& symbol_file

I cannot comment on much but on this I can.

The above line will not examine the dynamic symbol table but it is the symbol table which is defining the DSO interface. You would have to add

• -D to the command line.

Is there a man page or info doc that describes the differences between a normal symbol table (which I understand) and a dynamic symbol table (which I do not)?

Phil

-- I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met. - Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002

• References:
  • __cxa_demangle sanity checks, issues, thoughts
    * From: Benjamin Kosnik
  • Re: __cxa_demangle sanity checks, issues, thoughts
    * From: Ulrich Drepper