demangling (Ubuntu 64bit 12.04, dmd 64bit 2.060)

[Carl Sturtivant]

>> _D13libd_demangle12__ModuleInfoZ
>> _D15TypeInfo_Struct6__vtblZ
>> _D3std5stdio12__ModuleInfoZ
>> _D3std6traits15__T8DemangleTkZ8Demangle6__initZ
>> _D47TypeInfo_S3std6traits15__T8DemangleTkZ8Demangle6__initZ
>
> demangle is currently designed to demangle functions names, 
> while the strings above are types.  During parsing, demangle 
> sees the string as a qualified name and then expects a type, 
> and when it doesn't find one it figures the symbol isn't valid.
>  It sounds like we either need a separate function for 
> demangling types or if the demangle function encounters a 'Z' 
> when it expects a type name it should realize it's demangling a 
> type name, back up, and try again according to that logic.  I 
> suggest submitting a ticket.
>
> To learn how the demangler works, the easiest thing is to copy 
> core.demangle into your workspace and compile a small app with 
> it directly, turning on the debug info.  For example:
>
> module abc;
> import demangle_;
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main() {
> 	writeln(decodeDmdString("_D47TypeInfo_S3std6traits15__T8DemangleTkZ8Demangle6__initZ"));
> }
>
> $ dmd abc -debug=trace -debug=info demangle

Thanks, I'll do that. (Odd, my original post vanished from the 
thread.)