@smallexample
c++filt [ -_ | --strip-underscores ]
+ [ -j | --java ]
[ -n | --no-strip-underscores ]
[ -s @var{format} | --format=@var{format} ]
[ --help ] [ --version ] [ @var{symbol}@dots{} ]
@end smallexample
-The C++ language provides function overloading, which means that you can
-write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters
-of different types). All C++ function names are encoded into a
-low-level assembly label (this process is known as
+The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means
+that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each
+takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java function names
+are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known as
@dfn{mangling}). The @code{c++filt} program does the inverse mapping: it
decodes (@dfn{demangles}) low-level names into user-level names so that
the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.
name @code{_foo}. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether
@code{c++filt} removes the underscore by default is target dependent.
+@item -j
+@itemx --java
+Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default is to use C++
+syntax.
+
@item -n
@itemx --no-strip-underscores
Do not remove the initial underscore.
the one used by the Lucid compiler
@item arm
the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual
+@item hp
+the one used by the HP compiler
+@item edg
+the one used by the EDG compiler
@end table
@item --help