Decode output from typeid().name()

[C.W.Holeman II]

Is there a reference that decodes the output from typeid().name()?

----- x.cxx ------
#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
class X {
public:
template<typename T> X& operator<<(T const& a_v){
std::cout << typeid(T).name() << std::endl;
}
};
int main(){
X x;
x << "Hello, world!";
x << 1;
x << -1.234;
x << x;
}
-------------------

---- output -----
A14_c
i
d
1X
------------------

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[Pedro Lamarão]

On 16 fev, 20:27, "C.W.Holeman II" <cwhii_google_s...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Is there a reference that decodes the output from typeid().name()?

The C++ Standard does not specify the value of that expression.
It could very well be the null string in a conforming specification.

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P.

[C.W.Holeman II]

Which is the reason I posted to gnu.g++.help not c++.

[Pedro Lamarão]

On 17 fev, 12:13, "C.W.Holeman II" <cwhii_google_s...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Pedro Lamarão wrote:
> > On 16 fev, 20:27, "C.W.Holeman II" <cwhii_google_s...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >> Is there a reference that decodes the output from typeid().name()?
>
> > The C++ Standard does not specify the value of that expression.
> > It could very well be the null string in a conforming specification.
>
> Which is the reason I posted to gnu.g++.help not c++.

Good point.

GCC implements the Itanium C++ ABI, specified here:

http://www.codesourcery.com/public/cxx-abi/abi.html

You will see that, contrary to my expectation, this specification does
in fact guarantee some form to that expression.
Search for the demangler API.

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P.

[C.W.Holeman II]

Thanks.

#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <cxxabi.h>
class X {
public:
template<typename T> void operator[](T const&){
size_t len;
int s;
char* p=abi::__cxa_demangle(typeid(T).name(), 0, &len, &s);
std::cout << typeid(T).name() << ": " << p << std::endl;

}
};
int main(){
X x;
x["Hello, world!"];
x[1];
x[-1.234];

x[x];