Re: [Dev-C++] @ symbol at the end of function names?

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Tony M. wrote:
> This is "name mangling", and it allows for function overloading.
> 
> OROSZI Balázs wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>> I saw in some DLLs and .def files, that there is an @ symbol at the 
>> end of funtion names, then there is a number after it. I ask, what are 
>> they for? Why are there these numbers? What purpose do they serve?

No, that is not name mangling. Name mangling does waaaay much more (and 
different) than just that @ symbol :)

But I have found it on the Net after some hard searching (yeah, try to 
search for @ :/ anyway. That @ symbol is used to specify a number after 
it. This number represents the number of bytes that the linker reserves 
in the stack for arguments passed to the function.
For example: MyFunc(int) would become MyFunc@4
The compiler reserves 4 bytes for arguments.
The compiler also uses this number and the "@" sign as part of the 
function names.

Thanks for your answer btw, at least I know there are people here who 
want to help others, and answer really fast. Thanks again.

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Greetings,
   Balázs