[Bug c++/20123] New: mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.

[Bug c++/20123] New: mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.

[yanliu at ca dot ibm dot com]

Here is a testcase:
#include <typeinfo>
int const volatile v5[10] = {0};
int
main (int argc, char **argv) {
  const std::type_info& t = typeid (::v5);
}

According to Itanium C++ ABI, the mangled name of typeid(::v5) should follow 
the following grammer rules:
 <mangled-name> ::= _Z <encoding>
    <encoding> 	::= <special-name>
       <special-name> ::= TI <type>	# typeinfo structure
          <type> ::= <array-type>
             <array-type> ::= A <positive dimension number> _ <element type>

To my understanding, the element type follows the <type> rule and is used to 
encode the type of variable v5[10]:
                <type> ::= <CV-qualifiers> <type>
                   <CV-qualifiers> ::= [r] [V] [K] # restrict (C99), volatile, 
const


So the mangled name should be: __ZTIA10_VKi. But using gcc 4.0 compiler, I am 
getting "__ZTIA10_i" mangled name instead. 

Please verify the problem, thanks.

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           Summary: mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.0.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: yanliu at ca dot ibm dot com
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20123

[Bug c++/20123] mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-02-21 19:17 -------
hmm, ICC 8.0 on ia32-linux produces the same mangled name for the variable too.

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           Keywords|                            |ABI


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20123

[Bug c++/20123] mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.

[yanliu at ca dot ibm dot com]

------- Additional Comments From yanliu at ca dot ibm dot com  2005-02-21 19:37 -------
For function parameters, the cv-qualifers should not be mangled. I suspect GCC 
treates this typeid as a function, thus ignoring the encoding of cv-qualifers. 
At least, the C++ ABI is not clear in this aspect.  

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[Bug c++/20123] mangled name of typeid doesn't encode cv-qualifer.

[jody-atd-030903 at atdesk dot com]

------- Additional Comments From jody-atd-030903 at atdesk dot com  2005-02-24 19:33 -------
I am not on the gcc team, so feel free to take this with some reservation.

According to 5.2.8.5, the top-level cv-qualifier are stripped when calling typeid().

According to 3.9.3.[2,5], cv-qualifiers applied to array types apply to the
array elements, not to the array.

Thus, I think the name you see is correct.  In your example, you should be able
to see typeid() doing the right thing (and see that the top-level cv-qualifers
are being stripped) with...

int x[10];
assert(typeid(::v5) == typeid(int[10]));
assert(typeid(::v5) == typeid(x));
assert(strcmp(typeid(::v5).name(), typeid(x).name()) == 0);



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