SKETCH OF HOW RESEARCH MIGHT CONTINUE AND RESULTS BE PRESENTED - PREVIEW ONLY

The Name in a C++ Name Decoration

In the general form

?name[@][scope@]@parameters

of a C++ decorated name, the name is in general the identifier that serves to name the object at its natural scope. In this general case, an @ sign (shown as optional in the general form above) is appended to ensure that the name will be well-separated from whatever follows.

An important special case is made for the very many objects that are built in to the language (typically with names more complex than a single identifier) or are generated by the compiler (typically with names that perhaps aren’t intended for much exposure). For these, the name is a code, consisting of a question mark, some number of underscores, including none, and finally a digit or an upper-case letter. Since the name has a known extent, it needs no signifier at its end, and no @ sign is appended.

?0		constructor
?1		destructor
?2	operator new
?3	operator delete
?4	operator =
?5	operator >>
?6	operator <<
?7	operator !
?8	operator ==
?9	operator !=
?A	operator []
?B	operator type
?C	operator ->
?D	operator *
?E	operator ++
?F	operator --
?G	operator -
?H	operator +
?I	operator &
?J	operator ->*
?K	operator /
?L	operator %
?M	operator <
?N	operator <=
?O	operator >
?P	operator >=
?Q	operator ,
?R	operator ()
?S	operator ~
?T	operator ^
?U	operator \|
?V	operator &&
?W	operator \|\|
?X	operator *=
?Y	operator +=
?Z	operator -=
?_0	operator /=
?_1	operator %=
?_2	operator >>=
?_3	operator <<=
?_4	operator &=
?_5	operator \|=
?_6	operator ^=
?_7	$vftable	compiler-generated “vftable”
?_8	$vbtable	compiler-generated “vbtable”
?_9		“vcall”
?_A		“typeof”
?_B		compiler-generated “local static guard”
?_C		compiler-generated string literal
?_D	__vbaseDtor	compiler-generated “vbase destructor”
?_E	__vecDelDtor	compiler-generated “vector deleting destructor”
?_F	__dflt_ctor_closure	compiler-generated “default constructor closure”
?_G	__delDtor	compiler-generated “scalar deleting destructor”
?_H	__vec_ctor	compiler-generated “vector constructor iterator”
?_I	__vec_dtor	compiler-generated “vector destructor iterator”
?_J	__vec_ctor_vb	compiler-generated “vector vbase constructor iterator”
?_K	$vdispmap	compiler-generated “virtual displacement map”
?_L	__ehvec_ctor	compiler-generated “eh vector constructor iterator”
?_M	__ehvec_dtor	compiler-generated “eh vector destructor iterator”
?_N	__ehvec_ctor_vb	compiler-generated “eh vector vbase constructor iterator”
?_O	__copy_ctor_closure	compiler-generated “copy constructor closure”
?_P		“udt returning”
?_Q		“EH”
?_R		“RTTI”
?_S	$locvftable	compiler-generated “local vftable”
?_T	__local_vftable_ctor_closure	compiler-generated “local vftable constructor closure”
?_U	operator new []
?_V	operator delete []
?_W		“omni callsig”
?_X	__placement_delete_closure	compiler-generated “placement delete closure”
?_Y	__placement_arrayDelete_closure	compiler-generated “placement delete [] closure”
?__A	__man_vec_ctor	compiler-generated “managed vector constructoro iterator”
?__B	__man_vec_dtor	compiler-generated “managed vector destructor iterator”
?__C	__ehvec_copy_ctor	compiler-generated “eh vector copy constructor iterator”
?__D	__ehvec_copy_ctor_vb	compiler-generated “eh vector vbase copy constructor iterator”