Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-man-gle
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To restore the original identifier from (a mangled form).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"When developing in C++, one of usual tasks is to demangle the name of a C++ method. […] Also, see the same source file containing demangled names."
"Transforming C++ ABI identifiers (like RTTI symbols) into the original C++ source identifiers is called "demangling." […] Probably the only times you'll be interested in demangling at runtime are when you're seeing typeid strings in RTTI, or when you're handling the runtime-support exception classes."

Etymology

From de- + mangle.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

demangles (present, singular) demangling (participle, present) demangled (participle, past) demangled (past)

Derived Forms

demangler

Synonyms

unmangle

Questions

What does demangle mean?: To restore the original identifier from (a mangled form).
Where does demangle come from?: From de- + mangle.

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