Name mangling of c++ classes and its member functions?

Question

Is there no way I could avoid name mangling of C++ classes and its member functions when exposed from a c++ dll.

Can\'t I use a def file mechanism in this regard ?

Answer 1

I don't believe so. Name mangling is used so that each overloaded function has a different name as viewed by the linker.

You could rewrite them in C and use the extern "C" {} construct but then you lose all your beautiful inheritance, polymorphism and so forth. You could also wrap the C++ inside C functions and expose only the C functions.