Re: demangler, java, clinit, $E

[Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>]

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com> writes:

Ian> For some reason the Java mangler emits a '$' character after a member
Ian> name, if the name happens to be a C++ keyword with optional trailing
Ian> '$' characters.  I don't know why it bothers to do this.

It's a weird quoting scheme to achieve some kind of CNI compatibility.
When generating a C++ header from a .class file, we might see a method
or field with the same name as a C++ keyword.  So we add a "$".  But
then this is ambiguous, so if we see keyword + sequence of "$", we add
one more "$".  This scheme doesn't work for static fields or
methods... some parts of CNI are still half-baked.

Tom