c++filt

c++filt decodes (demangles) low-level names into user-level names so that the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.

You may use c++filt to demangle the symbols.

$ c++filt _ZNSt8ios_base4InitD1Ev
std::ios_base::Init::~Init()

You may try adding -lstdc++ to your link command to resolve the issue.

c++filt

     c++filt [-_|--strip-underscores]
             [-j|--java]
             [-n|--no-strip-underscores]
             [-p|--no-params]
             [-s format|--format=format]
             [--help]  [--version]  [symbol...]
     

The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java function names are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known asmangling). Thec++filt¹program does the inverse mapping: it decodes (demangles) low-level names into user-level names so that the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.

Every alphanumeric word (consisting of letters, digits, underscores, dollars, or periods) seen in the input is a potential label. If the label decodes into a C++ name, the C++ name replaces the low-level name in the output.

You can usec++filtto decipher individual symbols:

     c++filt symbol
     

If nosymbolarguments are given,c++filtreads symbol names from the standard input and writes the demangled names to the standard output. All results are printed on the standard output.

-_

--strip-underscores

On some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an underscore in front of every name. For example, the C name foogets the low-level name _foo. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether c++filtremoves the underscore by default is target dependent.

-j

--java

Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default is to use C++ syntax.

-n

--no-strip-underscores

Do not remove the initial underscore.

-p

--no-params

When demangling the name of a function, do not display the types of the function's parameters.

-s format

--format= format

c++filtcan decode various methods of mangling, used by different compilers. The argument to this option selects which method it uses:

auto

Automatic selection based on executable (the default method)

gnu

the one used by the GNUC++ compiler (g++)

lucid

the one used by the Lucid compiler (lcc)

arm

the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual

hp

the one used by the HP compiler (aCC)

edg

the one used by the EDG compiler

gnu-v3

the one used by the GNUC++ compiler (g++) with the V3 ABI.

java

the one used by the GNUJava compiler (gcj)

gnat

the one used by the GNUAda compiler (GNAT).

--help

Print a summary of the options to c++filtand exit.

--version

Print the version number of c++filtand exit.

Warning: c++filtis a new utility, and the details of its user interface are subject to change in future releases. In particular, a command-line option may be required in the the future to decode a name passed as an argument on the command line; in other words,

          c++filt symbol
          

may in a future release become

          c++filt option symbol
          

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Footnotes

1. MS-DOS does not allow+characters in file names, so on MS-DOS this program is namedcxxfilt.