[Issue 8578] New: std.demangle.demangle does not parse symbols that are type names

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           Summary: std.demangle.demangle does not parse symbols that are
                    type names
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: sturtivant at gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Carl Sturtivant <sturtivant at gmail.com> 2012-08-21 18:29:06 PDT ---
Use of demangle from std.demangle or core.demangle on the mangled 
names in an object or library generated by dmd works only on the 
names of functions, and not on the names of types embedded in 
such objects and libraries.

e.g. the following names are not demangled, being type names 
(ending in Z).

_D13libd_demangle12__ModuleInfoZ
_D15TypeInfo_Struct6__vtblZ
_D3std5stdio12__ModuleInfoZ
_D3std6traits15__T8DemangleTkZ8Demangle6__initZ
_D47TypeInfo_S3std6traits15__T8DemangleTkZ8Demangle6__initZ

Opinion: D should do the right thing and have the facility to 
demangle all of its own mangled names; no-one else will.

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