binutils development (was Re: Problems building binutils-000220 snapshot)

[Ken Block USG]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

>  The compiler already provides c++filt, so there already is a mechanism
> for using an up to date demangler with the binutils: pipe the output
> through c++filt.  That is how the linker already works, in fact, when
> invoked via the gcc compiler driver.  The builtin demangler is already
> the last resort.

c++filt is not going to work when demangling from inside a program, like
gdb for example.