Function name mangling in DLLs

-- DLL notes 3 of <Windows via C/C++>

 

Normally, C++ compilers mangle function and variable names. And there are some ways to change the way compilers mangling: 
   
   

extern "C"
   
   

Using extern "C" tells the compiler not to mangle the variable or function names.
    
    

__stdcall

Microsoft's C compiler mangles C functions even if you're not using C++ at all. When C functions are exported using __stdcall, Microsoft's compiler mangles the function names by prepending a leading underscore and adding a suffix of an @ sign followed by a number that indicates the count of bytes that are passed to the function as parameters. For example, this function is exported as _MyFunc@8 in the DLL's export section.

__declspec(dllexport) LONG __stdcall MyFunc(int a, int b);
  
  

Here is an example:

  
  
#define MYLIBAPI __declspec(dllexport) 
        
MYLIBAPI int add(int, int); 
         
MYLIBAPI int add(int, int, int); 
         
MYLIBAPI int __stdcall addstd(int, int); 
         
extern "C" MYLIBAPI int addextern(int, int); 
         
extern "C" MYLIBAPI int __stdcall addexternStd(int, int); 
         

And those are the mangled function name:

   
   
?add@@YAHHH@Z 
       
?add@@YAHHHH@Z
          
          
?addstd@@YGHHH@Z
          
          
addextern
          
          
_addexternStd@8