Name mangling style in c++

Question

Hi

I have heard that main function name mangling is always of c style even if we write code in C++.

Addition to main function , static variable are also having name mangling as per c style in case of c++ code.. where as extern and global variables will follow c++ name mangling style for c++ code..

Above is always true or it is compiler specific ?

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53393585/why-name-mangling-has-no-effect-on-main-function-in-c

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/main_function

Answer 2

Thank you Akib Reza ... Any thought on external , static and global variable in terms of name mangling ? I presume that along with function names, these are some variables which gets name mangling.

Answer 3

Yes, they do. I use the MSVC compiler. I think this thread will give you an idea.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/37d86da4-0591-4621-9648-e36b95bfc125/avoid-name-mangling-for-variables-in-c?forum=vclanguage
I don't know much about name mangling.

This seems also a good explanation- http://web.mit.edu/tibbetts/Public/inside-c/www/mangling.html