[cxx-abi-dev] A mangling ambiguity

[Nathan Sidwell]

Gaby
> Hmm, maybe I'm being dense but how is the latter really different from
> the former?  If the names ot two entities end up being being mangled
> the same, then there will be an ambiguity in demangling them.  No?
> 
> Conversely, if demangling a mangled named shows an ambiguity then that
> means we can't determine the original entity name.  No?

The mangling must be a perfect hash function. Ideally it should be invertable
too. This might be a case of non-invertability, which we could live with.
If it is also a case of imperfectness, then we must fix it. Hope that helps.

nathan
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