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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc Makefile 
 src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/c++filt Makefile 
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:36:40 -0600
From: Steve Passe <fsmp@ilsa.systemsix.com>
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>   Build/install c++filt from g++, we already have all the sources and
>   it's and useful. (Ever tried to read 'nm' and 'ldd -v' output on a c++
>   object or library? :-) This filter decodes the mangled symbol names.)

I find it real useful in my makefiles. modify them to pipe the output
thru c++filt and it demangles the ERRORs that refer to variables etc:

g++ -o mtthread mtthread.o |& c++filt