> cagney wrote:
> 
> 
>> [...]
> 
>> > Could someone fix the old demangler, or write a new one in
>> > plain C (or re-write the C++ one in C)?  Pretty please?
> 
>> 
>> Yes.  There's no reason for the underlying demangler algorithm to be
>> implemented in vanila ISO C 90, and then wrap it for the C++ side.
>> [...]
> 
> 
> You might be accused of dogmatic monolingualism if you don't accept
> the notion that some such code may be more naturally expressed in a
> higher level language -- that could be one such reason.  Another
> reason of course is the fact that it is already done and working:
> rewriting costs new effort.

High level language?  I guess that rules out C++ then :-)

> (Note that I'm not asserting that the former reason applies strongly
> here; libstdc++-v3/include/bits/demangle.h for example doesn't seem to
> rely much on the C++ language's extra capabilities.)

That was my, and I'm guessing Marks, point.

Andrew