The Python Itanium Demangler is a pure Python parser for the Itanium C++ ABI symbol mangling language. Note that MSVC mangling language is not supported.
This demangler generates an abstract syntax tree from mangled symbols, which can be used for directly extracting type information, as opposed to having to interpret the C++ source code corresponding to the demangled symbol
There is also a built-in AST stringifier, so the demangler can be used as a replacement for c++filt or for formatting backtraces.
The demangler runs on Python 2.7 and 3.3+ and has no dependencies.
Installing via PyPI:
pip install itanium_demangler
Using a local repository for development:
git clone https://github.com/whitequark/python-itanium_demangler
cd python-itanium_demangler
python setup.py develop --user
from itanium_demangler import parse as demangle
ast = demangle("_ZN5boost6chrono24process_system_cpu_clock3nowEv")
print(repr(ast))
# <FuncNode func <Node qual_name (<Node name 'boost'>, <Node name 'chrono'>, <Node name 'process_system_cpu_clock'>, <Node name 'now'>)> (<Node builtin 'void'>,) None>
print(ast)
# boost::chrono::process_system_cpu_clock::now()A similar (i.e. also parsing to an AST) implementation of a demangler for the MSVC mangling language would be useful to have.