Understanding symbols in .o or .dylib file

[Erik Christiansen]

On 16.05.13 11:49, Peng Yu wrote:
> I have the following .dylib. If I want to find the symbol
> corresponding to myprint. I see __GLOBAL__I__Z7myprintv and
> __Z7myprintv. What are the difference between them? Besides using
> grep, is there a better way to search for symbols corresponding to a
> function? Thanks.

It appears that "nm -C" (or nm --demangle[=style]) should do that,
according to the manpage, so it might be worth a look. Having let my C++
books gather dust for a decade and a half, I won't offer an opinion on
how it's likely to suit. (And I have no idea what "style" parameters
are permissible.)

Erik

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