demangle

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verb

To restore the original identifier from (a mangled form).

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Meanings

verbdemangle (third-person singular simple present demangles, present participle demangling, simple past and past participle demangled)

present singular third person demangles · participle present demangling · participle past demangled · past demangled

  1. transitivecomputingTo restore the original identifier from (a mangled form).

    When developing in C++, one of usual tasks is to demangle the name of a C++ method. […] Also, see the same source file containing demangled names.

    2021 September 9, Shi-Rong Liu, Introduction of Name Mangle and Demangle, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2024
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    Transforming C++ ABI identifiers (like RTTI symbols) into the original C++ source identifiers is called "demangling." […] Probably the only times you'll be interested in demangling at runtime are when you're seeing typeid strings in RTTI, or when you're handling the runtime-support exception classes.

    2025, Free Software Foundation, The GNU C++ Library, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2026

    Synonyms: unmangle

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo restore the original identifier from (a mangled form).

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unmangle

Origin

From de- + mangle.

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Cite this entry
APA

demangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demangle

MLA

“demangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demangle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demangle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demangle.

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