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32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions changelog.d/10384-windows-build-breaks.md
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Unbreak both Windows CI legs on `main`.

`windows-arm64-build` failed with `LNK1120: 7 unresolved externals` — the whole
`js_lru_cache_*` ABI — when linking **the `perry` compiler itself**.
`perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs` declares that ABI `extern "C"` and leaves it
to whichever cache provider the program links; `perry` links neither provider, so
its link carries seven undefined references. Every other target hides this
because its linker dead-strips before it reports (the same command succeeds on
macOS while the rlib still shows all seven as `U`), whereas `link.exe` resolves
symbols before `/OPT:REF`.

A Cargo feature cannot express "this link has no provider": the Windows job
builds `-p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static` in one
invocation, so perry-stdlib unifies `perry-runtime/stdlib` onto the copy of
perry-runtime that `perry` links, and anything gated on `stdlib` — including the
existing `stdlib_stubs` mechanism — is compiled out in exactly the failing
configuration. Fixed with `/ALTERNATENAME` directives in `.drectve` behind
`cfg(all(windows, target_env = "msvc"))` plus no-op fallbacks reporting through
`perry_stub_warn`; `link.exe` substitutes an alternate only for a symbol still
undefined after all inputs are read, so a real provider always wins.

`windows-build` failed with `error[E0425]: cannot find function reorder_child in
module widgets`, in `perry-ui-windows-winui`: it `#[path]`-includes
perry-ui-windows' `ffi/mod.rs`, so `widgets::` resolves against winui's own
module, which never gained `reorder_child`. Added in the module's established
shape — delegate to the Win32 implementation when Fluent is inactive, otherwise
reorder the node's children under `with_node_mut`.

Neither Windows job runs in the PR tier (`ci_plan.py`: sweep and full only), so
the fix was validated by emitting the COFF object for
`x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` and confirming the `.drectve` contents and symbol
classes directly; no Windows link was performed.
125 changes: 125 additions & 0 deletions crates/perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs
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Expand Up @@ -210,3 +210,128 @@ pub extern "C" fn js_lru_cache_subclass_init(this: f64, opts: f64) -> f64 {
install_methods_on_existing_object(obj, this, &methods, &[]);
this
}

/// Link-time default for the `js_lru_cache_*` ABI on MSVC, and nowhere else.
///
/// The extern block above is satisfied by whichever cache provider the PROGRAM
/// links. A Rust binary that links perry-runtime without one still carries the
/// references, and two of them are built in CI on every Windows leg: the
/// `perry` compiler itself (`cargo build -p perry …`) and this crate's own
/// `--lib` test harness (`cargo test --lib -p perry-runtime`). Neither wants an
/// LRU cache; neither links a provider.
///
/// On every other target that is harmless, because the linker dead-strips
/// before it reports: `ld64 -dead_strip` / `ld --gc-sections` drop the thunks
/// above out of a binary that never calls them, and the references go with
/// them. Verified on macOS — the linked `target/perry-dev/perry` contains no
/// `js_lru_cache_subclass_init` symbol at all, and the build succeeds while the
/// rlib it links still shows all seven as `U`. `link.exe` resolves symbols
/// BEFORE `/OPT:REF`, so the same inputs are 7 × LNK2019 there.
///
/// A Cargo feature cannot express "this link has no provider". The Windows job
/// builds `-p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static` in ONE
/// invocation, so perry-stdlib's `perry-runtime/stdlib` feature is unified onto
/// the copy of perry-runtime that the `perry` binary links — even though
/// perry-stdlib is not in that binary's link. Anything gated on `stdlib`
/// (`crate::stdlib_stubs`, an `external-*-symbols` flag) is therefore compiled
/// out in exactly the configuration that fails.
///
/// `/ALTERNATENAME` is MSVC's spelling of a weak default: link.exe substitutes
/// the alternate only for a symbol still undefined after every input has been
/// read. A program that does link `perry_stdlib.lib` or the ext archive binds
/// the real implementation and never reaches these — so this cannot shadow a
/// provider the way an unconditional definition would. They live in this module
/// so that they share a codegen unit with the thunks whose references they
/// answer.
///
/// `js_lru_cache_new` answering 0 is already the "no cache" path: the
/// subclass-init returns `this` without installing any method, so a `.get()` on
/// it throws `is not a function` at the call site — the same failure this
/// module deliberately chooses for `forEach`/`dispose`/`fetch`.
#[cfg(all(windows, target_env = "msvc"))]
mod msvc_absent_provider {
use crate::stub_diag::perry_stub_warn;

const REASON: &str =
"no lru-cache provider (perry-ext-lru-cache / perry-stdlib bundled-lru-cache) \
is linked into this binary";

/// Emit one `/ALTERNATENAME:<symbol>=<fallback>` linker directive.
macro_rules! alternatename {
($stat:ident, $bytes:literal) => {
#[used]
#[link_section = ".drectve"]
static $stat: [u8; $bytes.len()] = *$bytes;
};
}

alternatename!(
D_NEW,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_new=perry_lru_cache_absent_new"
);
alternatename!(
D_GET,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_get=perry_lru_cache_absent_get"
);
alternatename!(
D_SET,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_set=perry_lru_cache_absent_set"
);
alternatename!(
D_HAS,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_has=perry_lru_cache_absent_has"
);
alternatename!(
D_DELETE,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_delete=perry_lru_cache_absent_delete"
);
alternatename!(
D_CLEAR,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_clear=perry_lru_cache_absent_clear"
);
alternatename!(
D_PEEK,
b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_peek=perry_lru_cache_absent_peek"
);
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On the x86 architecture, the Microsoft MSVC compiler decorates C symbols—and C++ symbols declared with extern "C"—by prepending a leading underscore to the function name when using the default cdecl calling convention [1][2][3]. This decoration is a form of name mangling intended to distinguish C symbols and ensure compatibility with specific ABI requirements [2][4]. For example, a function named test using the cdecl calling convention will be decorated as _test [1][2]. Key points regarding this decoration: - extern "C" Influence: The extern "C" specifier disables C++ name mangling (which would otherwise result in a complex decorated name) but does not disable C-style name decoration [5][6]. When extern "C" is used, the compiler applies standard C naming conventions, which for x86 cdecl includes the leading underscore [1][2]. - Calling Convention Dependence: The decoration format is tied to the calling convention [2][3]. While cdecl adds a leading underscore, other conventions use different patterns. For instance, stdcall adds a leading underscore and a trailing @ followed by the parameter list size (e.g., _test@4) [1][2][7]. - Exporting and Linkage: When creating DLLs or linking to assembly, it is common to encounter issues where the linker expects a decorated name (e.g., _test) while the developer might expect an undecorated name (e.g., test). To export a function with its exact, undecorated name, developers typically use a module-definition (.DEF) file with the EXPORTS keyword, which allows them to map an undecorated name to the decorated internal symbol [8][5][7]. - Architecture Variation: Note that this leading underscore decoration behavior is specific to x86. In 64-bit (x64) environments, MSVC generally does not apply this leading underscore decoration to C or extern "C" functions [2][4][3].
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<title>name-decoration</title> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170 --- layout: Conceptual monikers: - msvc-140 - msvc-150 - msvc-160 - msvc-170 - msvc-180 defaultMoniker: msvc-170 versioningType: Ranged title: Name Decoration | Microsoft Learn canonicalUrl: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170 config_moniker_range: &`#39`;>= msvc-140&`#39`; breadcrumb_path: ../../_breadcrumb/toc.json uhfHeaderId: MSDocsHeader-CPP ROBOTS: INDEX,FOLLOW manager: coxford ms.date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: error-reference audience: developer ms.service: visual-cpp ms.tgt_pltfrm: Windows ms.workload: - cplusplus feedback_system: Standard feedback_product_url: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/cpp/ feedback_help_link_url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/314/cpp feedback_help_link_type: get-help-at-qna ms.subservice: errors-warnings ms.update-cycle: 3650-days author: TylerMSFT ms.author: twhitney description: &`#39`;Learn more about: Name Decoration&`#39`; ms.assetid: 8327a27b-bb4f-49f2-8218-b851b9d2a463 locale: en-us document_id: 09cc2c09-c8d6-7fa6-69b6-653ef7870810 document_version_independent_id: 60830da6-27dc-63e9-b1b9-478f96d184ff updated_at: 2026-02-13T18:34:00.0000000Z original_content_git_url: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cpp-docs-pr/blob/live/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md gitcommit: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cpp-docs-pr/blob/eb5fd54000a63a779ed3fe033b8058a54c73c239/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md git_commit_id: eb5fd54000a63a779ed3fe033b8058a54c73c239 default_moniker: msvc-170 site_name: Docs depot_name: VS.vcppdocs page_type: conceptual toc_rel: ../toc.json pdf_url_template: https://learn.microsoft.com/pdfstore/en-us/VS.vcppdocs/{branchName}{pdfName} search.mshattr.devlang: cpp word_count: 249 asset_id: error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration moniker_range_name: 4581682a33ffa46eb75263dee4d6680e monikers: - msvc-140 - msvc-150 - msvc-160 - msvc-170 - msvc-180 item_type: Content source_path: docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md cmProducts: - https://authoring-docs-microsoft.poolparty.biz/devrel/540ac133-a371-4dbb-8f94-28d6cc77a70b spProducts: - https://authoring-docs-microsoft.poolparty.biz/devrel/60bfc045-f127-4841-9d00-ea35495a5800 platformId: 52615fc4-8d97-2e0d-e31e-6b7d2697f61e --- # Name Decoration | Microsoft Learn Name decoration usually refers to C++ naming conventions, but can apply to a number of C cases as well. By default, C++ uses the function name, parameters, and return type to create a linker name for the function. Consider the following function declaration: `void CALLTYPE test(void);` The following table shows the linker name for various calling conventions. | Calling convention | `extern "C"`or`.c`file | `.cpp`,`.cxx`or`/TP` | | --- | --- | --- | | C naming convention (**`__cdecl`**) | `_test` | `?test@@ZAXXZ` | | Fast call naming convention (**`__fastcall`**) | `@test@0` | `?test@@YIXXZ` | | Standard call naming convention (**`__stdcall`**) | `_test@0` | `?test@@YGXXZ` | | Vector call naming convention (**`__vectorcall`**) | `test@@0` | `?test@@YQXXZ` | | Preserve None naming convention (**`__preserve_none`**) | `test@@_A` | `NA` | Use `extern "C"` to call a C function from C++. `extern "C"` forces use of the C naming convention for non-class C++ functions. Be aware of compiler switches **/Tc** or **/Tp**, which tell the compiler to ignore the filename extension and compile the file as C or C++, respectively. These options may cause linker names you don&`#39`;t expect. Having function prototypes that have mismatched parameters can also cause this error. Name decoration incorporates the parameters of a function into the final decorated function name. Calling a function with the parameter types that don&`#39`;t match those in the function declaration may also cause LNK2001. There are currently no standards for C++ naming between compiler vendors or even between different versions of a compiler. Lin…[truncated] <title>Result 2</title> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/decorated-names?view=msvc-170 # Decorated names | Microsoft Learn Functions, data, and objects in C and C++ programs are represented internally by their decorated names. A decorated name is an encoded string created by the compiler during compilation of an object, data, or function definition. It records calling conventions, types, function parameters and other information together with the name. This name decoration, also known as name mangling, helps the linker find the correct functions and objects when linking an executable. The decorated naming conventions have changed in various versions of Visual Studio, and can also be different on different target architectures. To link correctly with source files created by using Visual Studio, C and C++ DLLs and libraries should be compiled by using the same compiler toolset, flags, and target architecture. Note Libraries built by Visual Studio 2015 or later can be consumed by applications built with later versions of Visual Studio through Visual Studio 2022. For more information, see C++ binary compatibility between Visual Studio versions. ## Using decorated names Normally, you don&`#39`;t have to know the decorated name to write code that compiles and links successfully. Decorated names are an implementation detail internal to the compiler and linker. The tools can usually handle the name in its undecorated form. However, a decorated name is sometimes required when you specify a function name to the linker and other tools. For example, to match overloaded C++ functions, members of namespaces, class constructors, destructors and special member functions, you must specify the decorated name. For details about the option flags and other situations that require decorated names, see the documentation for the tools and options that you&`#39`;re using. If you change the function name, class, calling convention, return type, or any parameter, the decorated name also changes. In this case, you must get the new decorated name and use it everywhere the decorated name is specified. Name decoration is also important when linking to code written in other programming languages or using other compilers. Different compilers use different name decoration conventions. When your executable links to code written in another language, special care must be taken to match the exported and imported names and calling conventions. Assembly language code must use the MSVC decorated names and calling conventions to link to source code written using MSVC. ## Format of a C++ decorated name A decorated name for a C++ function contains the following information: - The function name. - The class that the function is a member of, if it&`#39`;s a member function. The decoration may include the class that encloses the class that contains the function, and so on. - The namespace the function belongs to, if it&`#39`;s part of a namespace. - The types of the function parameters. - The calling convention. - The return type of the function. - An optional target-specific element. In ARM64EC objects, a `$$h` tag is inserted into the name. The function and class names are encoded in the decorated name. The rest of the decorated name is a code that has internal meaning only for the compiler and the linker. The following are examples of undecorated and decorated C++ names. | Undecorated name | Decorated name | | --- | --- | | `int a(char){int i=3;return i;};` | `?a@@yahd@Z` | | `void __stdcall b::c(float){};` | `?c@b@@aagxm@Z` | ## Format of a C decorated name The form of decoration for a C function depends on the calling convention used in its declaration, as shown in the following table. It&`#39`;s also the decoration format that&`#39`;s used when C++ code is declared to have `extern "C"` linkage. The default calling convention is `__cdecl`. In a 64-bit environment, C or `extern "C"` functions are only decorated when using the `__vectorcall` calling convention. | Calling convention | Decoration | | --- | --- | | `__cdecl` | Leading und…[truncated] <title>Decorated Names</title> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/56h2zst2(v=vs.140) Functions, data, and objects in C and C++ programs are represented internally by their decorated names. A*decorated name*is an encoded string created by the compiler during compilation of an object, data, or function definition. It records calling conventions, types, function parameters and other information together with the name. This name decoration, also known as*name mangling*, helps the linker find the correct functions and objects when linking an executable. ... Normally, you don&`#39`;t have to know the decorated name to write code that compiles and links successfully. Decorated names are an implementation detail internal to the compiler and linker. The tools can usually handle the name in its undecorated form. However, a decorated name is sometimes required when you specify a function name to the linker and other tools. For example, to match overloaded C++ functions, members of namespaces, class constructors, destructors and special member functions, you must specify the decorated name. For details about the option flags and other situations that require decorated names, see the documentation for the tools and options that you are using. ... ## Format of ... The form of decoration for a C function depends on the calling convention used in its declaration, as shown in the following table. This is also the decoration format that is used when C++ code is declared to have`extern "C"`linkage. The default calling convention is`\_\_cdecl`. Note that in a 64-bit environment, functions are not decorated. ... |Calling convention|Decoration| `\_\_cdecl`|Leading underscore (**\_**)| `\_\_stdcall`|Leading underscore (**\_**) and a trailing at sign (@) followed by the number of bytes in the parameter list in decimal| `\_\_fastcall`|Leading and trailing at signs (@) followed by a decimal number representing the number of bytes in the parameter list| `\_\_vectorcall`|Two trailing at signs (@@) followed by a decimal number of bytes in the parameter list| ... [Using extern to Specify Linkage](0603949d(v=vs.140)) <title>Underscore prefix problem in x86: Calling NASM function from C++ function works in x64 but fails in x86</title> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62753691/underscore-prefix-problem-in-x86-calling-nasm-function-from-c-function-works # Underscore prefix problem in x86: Calling NASM function from C++ function works in x64 but fails in x86 Tags: c++, windows, assembly, visual-studio-2019, nasm - Score: 4 - Views: 1963 - Answers: 2 - Answered: yes - Asked by: b0c0pv3zz3 (63 rep) - Asked: 2020-07-06 - Edited: 2020-07-06 - Site: stackoverflow ## Question I am using Visual studio 2019 in Windows 10, and I want to compile in x86 using MSVC(platform toolset 142) and NASM(version 2.14.02) the next code: foo.asm section .text global foo foo: mov eax, 123 ret main.cpp extern "C" int foo(void); int main() { int x = foo(); return 0; } But I got the error: In x64 works well, in x86 the generated file main.obj adds a leading underscore to the function name foo, resulting in _foo. This does not happen in x64 but keeps the symbol as foo, not _foo. So, is there any solution that works for both x86 and x64 platforms (preferably without modify source code, maybe some compiler/linker flag for MSVS compiler)? I really appreciate any help. ## Answers ### Answer by rustyx (score: 10 [ACCEPTED]) The _ prefix is a result of name mangling, which depends on the target platform ABI (OS, bitness, calling convention). According to Microsoft, the _ prefix is used in a 32-bit Windows cdecl calling convention, but not in 64-bit (source): Format of a C decorated name The form of decoration for a C function depends on the calling convention used in its declaration, as shown in the following table. This is also the decoration format that is used when C++ code is declared to have extern "C" linkage. The default calling convention is __cdecl. Note that in a 64-bit environment, functions are not decorated. Calling convention — Decoration __cdecl Leading underscore (_) __stdcall Leading underscore (_) and a trailing at sign (@) followed by the number of bytes in the parameter list in decimal __fastcall Leading and trailing at signs (@) followed by a decimal number representing the number of bytes in the parameter list __vectorcall Two trailing at signs (@@) followed by a decimal number of bytes in the parameter list The reason behind could be that 32/64-bit Windows calling conventions aren&`#39`;t really compatible. For example, function arguments in 64-bit mode are passed differently and different registers have to be preserved between calls. So in practice there will be different sets of ASM files per CPU architecture - x86, x86_64, arm, arm64, etc. Then you can add the _ in the x86 assembly and not in the 64 assembly. Anyway, to answer the question, if you really want to keep using the same assembly source for both x86 and x64 CPU architectures, I can think of a couple of workaround solutions: Solution 1 The code that generates the .asm should add the leading _ only in 32-bit mode (the generated assembly will probably have to differ in other ways too, especially if pointers are involved). Solution 2 Use a preprocessor to add the leading _ in 64-bit mode: `#ifdef` _WIN64 # define foo _foo `#endif` extern "C" int foo(void); int main() { int x = foo(); return 0; } Solution 3 MASM has a .model C directive that automatically mangles names for the C calling convention. For example: ifndef X64 .model flat, C endif NASM doesn&`#39`;t have the .model directive, but you could write a macro using %ifidn __OUTPUT_FORMAT__, win32, emulating the name mangling behavior. ### Answer by alexb (score: 2) Correct solution is to have different asm files for each architecture: x86, amd64, etc, because you will use different assembler instruction sets at all. And select which file will be compiled by make file or environment configuration depends on build architecture. So you can use &`#39`;_foo&`#39`; function name for x86 and &`#39`;foo&`#39`; for x86_64 <title>Calling Convention Name Mangling in C</title> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27487756/calling-convention-name-mangling-in-c # Calling Convention Name Mangling in C - Tags: c, visual-c++ - Score: 3 - Views: 2,992 - Answers: 1 - Asked by: Insignificant Person (923 rep) - Asked on: Dec 15, 2014 - Last active: Jan 9, 2025 - License: CC BY-SA 3.0 --- ## Question **What I ask is NOT how to disable C++ name mangling (i know its extern "c"). The question is not about C++** As far as i know, when i declare a function as \_\_stdcall its name should be mangled like in \_FuncName@8 (for two int parameters). When I declare a function as \_\_cdecl it should be mangled like in \_FuncName. Sounds fine but is it really like this? There are two cases that I don&`#39`;t understand: 1-) I&`#39`;m making a dll in vc++2013 and I use \_\_declspec(dllexport) on a \_\_cdecl function. its exported without any underscore (just FuncName). I don&`#39`;t have a .def file or anything and not using pragma export. 2-) Most of Windows API functions are \_\_stdcall. But they don&`#39`;t have \_ or @. For example they are exported like MessageBoxA without any mangling. So how can this be explained? --- ## Accepted Answer — Score: 4 - By: Colin Robertson (529 rep) - Answered on: Dec 15, 2014 Yes, Visual C++ adds [name decoration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration) to C symbol exports, as well as name mangling of C++ exports. You can read up on the name decoration conventions on MSDN in the topics for each calling convention keyword. The `extern "C"` linkage specification actually switches the exported symbols from C++ name mangling to C name decoration, which surprises people from time to time. So in the case of a C file that exports a function, if you read the documentation on MSDN for [\_\_cdecl](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/cdecl) very, very closely, you&`#39`;ll see that it mentions that the "Underscore character (\_) is prefixed to names, **except when \_\_cdecl functions that use C linkage are exported**." This still isn&`#39`;t as clear as it could be, since "exported" here refers to DLL export, and it also applies to non-function symbols such as exported data. This is what you&`#39`;re seeing in your own code. My speculation is that these names are undecorated for DLL export in order to make language interop easy. You&`#39`;ll note that the linkage symbol name exports still have the leading underscore, which you can see if you dump the exports of the .lib file. As for the second case, the `__stdcall` Windows API functions are exported with specific names using .def files. That&`#39`;s how you get the default name mapped to the narrow- and wide-character versions of the APIs, too. You can get the same effect with `#pragma comment(linker, "/export:alias=_original")`, but it&`#39`;s probably most portable to use the .def file approach. You can find a story about [The history of calling conventions](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040102-00/?p=41213) on Raymond Chen&`#39`;s _[The Old New Thing](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/author/oldnewthing)_ blog.

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The /ALTERNATENAME linker option is an undocumented, architecture-sensitive feature of the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) linker used to define a weak alias or redirect an unresolved symbol to another symbol [1]. When using this switch, you must provide the exact decorated (mangled) names of the symbols, as the linker does not perform any automatic name decoration or adjustment [1][2][3]. For x86 (32-bit) targets, C symbols using the default cdecl calling convention are prefixed with a leading underscore [4][5]. Therefore, if you are creating an alias between two symbols for x86, both names in the /ALTERNATENAME argument must include this leading underscore [1][2]. Key considerations include: 1. Exact Matching: The linker expects the full mangled name [1][3]. If you are working with C++ symbols, these will often contain characters like?, @, and various codes representing the function signature [5][3]. For C functions, the decoration depends on the calling convention (e.g., stdcall adds a leading underscore and a trailing @ and parameter size) [4][5][6]. 2. Architecture Sensitivity: Because name decoration varies significantly between architectures (x86 vs. x64/ARM), you must use preprocessor directives to provide the correct decorated strings for each target [1][7]. 3. Implementation: The most common way to invoke this is via a pragma directive in your source code [1]: #if defined(_M_IX86) #pragma comment(linker, "/alternatename:_symbol= _alternate_symbol") #else #pragma comment(linker, "/alternatename:symbol=alternate_symbol") #endif If you are unsure of the exact decorated name for a symbol, you can use the DUMPBIN tool (/SYMBOLS option) or the linker&#39;s /MAP option to inspect the generated object files and see how the compiler has mangled the names [4][6].
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<title>What does the /ALTERNATENAME linker switch do? - The Old New Thing</title> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200731-00/?p=104024 There’s an undocumented switch for the Microsoft Visual Studio linker known as`/ALTERNATENAME`. Despite being undocumented, people use it a lot. So what is it? ... This is effectively a command line switch version of the OLDNAMES.LIB library. When you say`/ALTERNATENAME:X=Y`, then this tells the linker that if it is looking for a symbol named`X` and can’t find it, then before giving up, it should redirect it to the symbol`Y` and try again. ... `#if` defined (_M_IX86) `#pragma` comment(linker, "/alternatename:__pRawDllMain=__pDefaultRawDllMain") `#elif` defined (_M_IA64) || defined (_M_AMD64) `#pragma` comment(linker, "/alternatename:_pRawDllMain=_pDefaultRawDllMain") `#else` /* defined (_M_IA64) || defined (_M_AMD64) */ `#error` Unsupported platform `#endif` /* defined (_M_IA64) || defined (_M_AMD64) */ ``` ... Note that`/ALTERNATENAME` is a linker feature and consequently operates on decorated names, since the linker doesn’t understand compiler-specific name-decoration algorithms. This means that you typically have to use different versions of the`/ALTERNATENAME` switch, depending on what architecture you are targeting. In the above example, the C runtime library knows that`__cdecl` decoration prepends an underscore on x86, but not on any other platform. ... DllMain` ... // For expository simplification: assume x86 cdecl `#pragma` comment(linker, "/alternatename:_error_log=_default_error_log") ``` <title>[compiler-rt] ef2627e - [profile] Add underscore to /alternatename for Win/x86</title> https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20210726/942833.html [compiler-rt] ef2627e - [profile] Add underscore to /alternatename for Win/x86 # [compiler-rt] ef2627e - [profile] Add underscore to /alternatename for Win/x86 Arthur Eubanks via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org (llvm-commits%40lists.llvm.org) Wed Jul 28 14:59:17 PDT 2021 - Previous message: [PATCH] D106440: [IROutliner] Change Prioritization of Outlining to honor cost model - Next message: [llvm] 43a44f1 - [gn build] Add support for Win/x86 compiler-rt - Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] --- ``` Author: Arthur Eubanks Date: 2021-07-28T14:58:35-07:00 New Revision: ef2627e1fa7c5009aae8b0bbfdec7ff4419ee5d3 URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/ef2627e1fa7c5009aae8b0bbfdec7ff4419ee5d3 DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/ef2627e1fa7c5009aae8b0bbfdec7ff4419ee5d3.diff LOG: [profile] Add underscore to /alternatename for Win/x86 /alternatename should use the mangled name. On x86 we need an extra underscore. Copied from sanitizer_win_defs.h Fixes https://crbug.com/1233589. Reviewed By: phosek Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D107000 Added: Modified: compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c Removed: ################################################################################ diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c index 518447e3e422a..9f25af0f94449 100644 --- a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c +++ b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c @@ -594,9 +594,15 @@ intptr_t INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_DEFAULT_VAR = 0; * whether or not the compiler defined this symbol. */ `#if` defined(_WIN32) COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY extern intptr_t INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_VAR; -#pragma comment(linker, "/alternatename:" \ - INSTR_PROF_QUOTE(INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_VAR) "=" \ - INSTR_PROF_QUOTE(INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_DEFAULT_VAR)) +#if defined(_M_IX86) || defined(__i386__) +#define WIN_SYM_PREFIX "_" +#else +#define WIN_SYM_PREFIX +#endif +#pragma comment( \ + linker, "/alternatename:" WIN_SYM_PREFIX INSTR_PROF_QUOTE( \ + INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_VAR) "=" WIN_SYM_PREFIX \ + INSTR_PROF_QUOTE(INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_DEFAULT_VAR)) `#else` COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY extern intptr_t INSTR_PROF_PROFILE_COUNTER_BIAS_VAR __attribute__((weak, alias(INSTR_PROF_QUOTE( ``` --- - Previous message: [PATCH] D106440: [IROutliner] Change Prioritization of Outlining to honor cost model - Next message: [llvm] 43a44f1 - [gn build] Add support for Win/x86 compiler-rt - Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] --- More information about the llvm-commits mailing list <title>C/C++ Weakly-Linked Overridable Values</title> https://danra.prose.sh/overridable_value C/C++ Weakly-Linked Overridable Values Use the following snippet to define a variable with external linkage and a default value that can be overridden at link-time: ``` 1#ifdef _MSC_VER 2#define OVERRIDABLE_VALUE(type, x, ...) \ 3 extern type x; \ 4 extern type default_##x {__VA_ARGS__}; \ 5 __pragma (comment (linker, "/ALTERNATENAME:" MSVC_DECORATE (x) "=" MSVC_DECORATE (default_##x))) 6#else 7#define OVERRIDABLE_VALUE(type, x, ...) __attribute__ ((weak)) extern type x {__VA_ARGS__}; 8#endif 9 10// Example: 11#define MSVC_DECORATE(name) "?" `#name` "@@3QEBDEB" 12OVERRIDABLE_VALUE (const char* const, git_rev, "00000000") 13#undef MSVC_DECORATE 14// Optional override, possibly in a different translation unit: 15extern const char* const git_rev = "01234567"; ``` This works on Clang, Apple-Clang, GCC and MSVC regardless of: - whether the overridable value&`#39`;s object file is linked directly or as part of an object library. - how or when the overriding value (if any) is linked in. - whether linker settings like dead-code elimination and link-time code generation are enabled. On GCC and Clang this is done directly by defining a weak symbol, whereas on MSVC the undocumented`/ALTERNATENAME` linker flag is used. An extra macro`MSVC_DECORATE` has to be defined to decorate (mangle) the names of the original and alternate symbols, because`/ALTERNATENAME` uses decorated names. You can view the decoration MSVC applies by using one of the documented methods or by defining an identity/arbitrary`MSVC_DECORATE`(or your guess for it if you know MSVC&`#39`;s name decoration scheme by heart) and seeing what unresolved symbol name you get in the linker error (unless you guessed correctly!). The credit for`/ALTERNATENAME` goes to the author of this SO answer who revealed the undocumented flag a full 8 years before it was discussed in Microsoft&`#39`;s The Old New Thing developer blog. For a better understanding about the documented, more standard ways to perform link-time overriding using MSVC, and why, unlike the above method, they aren&`#39`;t as resilient to how exactly the link is performed, see this earlier series of posts in the same blog. My use case for this was removing a dependency of a class implementation on a specific externally-defined variable while keeping existing clients already using that class backwards-compatible, allowing them to migrate later. I set the default value of the variable to some dummy value since it isn&`#39`;t used in the new code path. To be extra foolproof, an assertion could be added during the transition period prior to accessing the weak value to verify that it is not equal to the dummy default value. Once all existing clients are transitioned, the old code path as well as the variable can be removed. last updated: 2024-03-18 <title>Result 4</title> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/decorated-names?view=msvc-170 # Decorated names | Microsoft Learn Functions, data, and objects in C and C++ programs are represented internally by their decorated names. A decorated name is an encoded string created by the compiler during compilation of an object, data, or function definition. It records calling conventions, types, function parameters and other information together with the name. This name decoration, also known as name mangling, helps the linker find the correct functions and objects when linking an executable. The decorated naming conventions have changed in various versions of Visual Studio, and can also be different on different target architectures. To link correctly with source files created by using Visual Studio, C and C++ DLLs and libraries should be compiled by using the same compiler toolset, flags, and target architecture. Note Libraries built by Visual Studio 2015 or later can be consumed by applications built with later versions of Visual Studio through Visual Studio 2022. For more information, see C++ binary compatibility between Visual Studio versions. ## Using decorated names Normally, you don&`#39`;t have to know the decorated name to write code that compiles and links successfully. Decorated names are an implementation detail internal to the compiler and linker. The tools can usually handle the name in its undecorated form. However, a decorated name is sometimes required when you specify a function name to the linker and other tools. For example, to match overloaded C++ functions, members of namespaces, class constructors, destructors and special member functions, you must specify the decorated name. For details about the option flags and other situations that require decorated names, see the documentation for the tools and options that you&`#39`;re using. If you change the function name, class, calling convention, return type, or any parameter, the decorated name also changes. In this case, you must get the new decorated name and use it everywhere the decorated name is specified. Name decoration is also important when linking to code written in other programming languages or using other compilers. Different compilers use different name decoration conventions. When your executable links to code written in another language, special care must be taken to match the exported and imported names and calling conventions. Assembly language code must use the MSVC decorated names and calling conventions to link to source code written using MSVC. ## Format of a C++ decorated name A decorated name for a C++ function contains the following information: - The function name. - The class that the function is a member of, if it&`#39`;s a member function. The decoration may include the class that encloses the class that contains the function, and so on. - The namespace the function belongs to, if it&`#39`;s part of a namespace. - The types of the function parameters. - The calling convention. - The return type of the function. - An optional target-specific element. In ARM64EC objects, a `$$h` tag is inserted into the name. The function and class names are encoded in the decorated name. The rest of the decorated name is a code that has internal meaning only for the compiler and the linker. The following are examples of undecorated and decorated C++ names. | Undecorated name | Decorated name | | --- | --- | | `int a(char){int i=3;return i;};` | `?a@@yahd@Z` | | `void __stdcall b::c(float){};` | `?c@b@@aagxm@Z` | ## Format of a C decorated name The form of decoration for a C function depends on the calling convention used in its declaration, as shown in the following table. It&`#39`;s also the decoration format that&`#39`;s used when C++ code is declared to have `extern "C"` linkage. The default calling convention is `__cdecl`. In a 64-bit environment, C or `extern "C"` functions are only decorated when using the `__vectorcall` calling convention. | Calling convention | Decoration | | --- | --- | | `__cdecl` | Leading und…[truncated] <title>name-decoration</title> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170 --- layout: Conceptual monikers: - msvc-140 - msvc-150 - msvc-160 - msvc-170 - msvc-180 defaultMoniker: msvc-170 versioningType: Ranged title: Name Decoration | Microsoft Learn canonicalUrl: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170 config_moniker_range: &`#39`;>= msvc-140&`#39`; breadcrumb_path: ../../_breadcrumb/toc.json uhfHeaderId: MSDocsHeader-CPP ROBOTS: INDEX,FOLLOW manager: coxford ms.date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: error-reference audience: developer ms.service: visual-cpp ms.tgt_pltfrm: Windows ms.workload: - cplusplus feedback_system: Standard feedback_product_url: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/cpp/ feedback_help_link_url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/314/cpp feedback_help_link_type: get-help-at-qna ms.subservice: errors-warnings ms.update-cycle: 3650-days author: TylerMSFT ms.author: twhitney description: &`#39`;Learn more about: Name Decoration&`#39`; ms.assetid: 8327a27b-bb4f-49f2-8218-b851b9d2a463 locale: en-us document_id: 09cc2c09-c8d6-7fa6-69b6-653ef7870810 document_version_independent_id: 60830da6-27dc-63e9-b1b9-478f96d184ff updated_at: 2026-02-13T18:34:00.0000000Z original_content_git_url: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cpp-docs-pr/blob/live/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md gitcommit: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cpp-docs-pr/blob/eb5fd54000a63a779ed3fe033b8058a54c73c239/docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md git_commit_id: eb5fd54000a63a779ed3fe033b8058a54c73c239 default_moniker: msvc-170 site_name: Docs depot_name: VS.vcppdocs page_type: conceptual toc_rel: ../toc.json pdf_url_template: https://learn.microsoft.com/pdfstore/en-us/VS.vcppdocs/{branchName}{pdfName} search.mshattr.devlang: cpp word_count: 249 asset_id: error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration moniker_range_name: 4581682a33ffa46eb75263dee4d6680e monikers: - msvc-140 - msvc-150 - msvc-160 - msvc-170 - msvc-180 item_type: Content source_path: docs/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration.md cmProducts: - https://authoring-docs-microsoft.poolparty.biz/devrel/540ac133-a371-4dbb-8f94-28d6cc77a70b spProducts: - https://authoring-docs-microsoft.poolparty.biz/devrel/60bfc045-f127-4841-9d00-ea35495a5800 platformId: 52615fc4-8d97-2e0d-e31e-6b7d2697f61e --- # Name Decoration | Microsoft Learn Name decoration usually refers to C++ naming conventions, but can apply to a number of C cases as well. By default, C++ uses the function name, parameters, and return type to create a linker name for the function. Consider the following function declaration: `void CALLTYPE test(void);` The following table shows the linker name for various calling conventions. | Calling convention | `extern "C"`or`.c`file | `.cpp`,`.cxx`or`/TP` | | --- | --- | --- | | C naming convention (**`__cdecl`**) | `_test` | `?test@@ZAXXZ` | | Fast call naming convention (**`__fastcall`**) | `@test@0` | `?test@@YIXXZ` | | Standard call naming convention (**`__stdcall`**) | `_test@0` | `?test@@YGXXZ` | | Vector call naming convention (**`__vectorcall`**) | `test@@0` | `?test@@YQXXZ` | | Preserve None naming convention (**`__preserve_none`**) | `test@@_A` | `NA` | Use `extern "C"` to call a C function from C++. `extern "C"` forces use of the C naming convention for non-class C++ functions. 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Add aliases for 32-bit MSVC symbol names.

msvc_absent_provider applies to every Windows MSVC target, including i686-pc-windows-msvc. On 32-bit MSVC, the extern "C" references and #[no_mangle] extern "C" fallback definitions use leading-underscore symbols. /ALTERNATENAME matches exact decorated linker names, but these directives use undecorated names. The linker therefore cannot apply these fallbacks to the _js_lru_cache_* references.

Add x86-specific directives with decorated source and fallback names, or restrict this module to the supported MSVC architectures.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs` around lines 268 - 295, Add 32-bit
MSVC-specific alternatename directives alongside the existing aliases in
msvc_absent_provider, using leading-underscore decorated names for both
js_lru_cache_* references and perry_lru_cache_absent_* fallbacks so
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#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_new(_options: f64) -> i64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_new", REASON, None);
0
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_get(_handle: i64, _key: f64) -> f64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_get", REASON, None);
super::undefined_value()
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_set(handle: i64, _key: f64, _value: f64) -> i64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_set", REASON, None);
handle
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_has(_handle: i64, _key: f64) -> f64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_has", REASON, None);
super::bool_value(false)
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_delete(_handle: i64, _key: f64) -> f64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_delete", REASON, None);
super::bool_value(false)
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_clear(_handle: i64) {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_clear", REASON, None);
}

#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn perry_lru_cache_absent_peek(_handle: i64, _key: f64) -> f64 {
perry_stub_warn("js_lru_cache_peek", REASON, None);
super::undefined_value()
}
}
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});
}

/// Move an existing child without changing its native window or layout
/// metadata. The Win32 backend owns the widget list whenever Fluent
/// rendering is off, so this mirrors `perry_ui_windows::widgets::reorder_child`
/// exactly — including its out-of-range / no-op guards. Needed here because
/// `ffi/widget_layout_extras.rs` is `#[path]`-shared with perry-ui-windows and
/// resolves `widgets::` against THIS module.
pub fn reorder_child(parent: i64, from_index: i64, to_index: i64) {
// Win32 rejects a non-positive parent outright, and so must this: the
// Fluent arm reaches its node through `handle.saturating_sub(1)`, which
// would turn handle 0 into node 0 and reorder the wrong subtree.
if parent <= 0 {
return;
}
if !is_fluent() {
perry_ui_windows::widgets::reorder_child(parent, from_index, to_index);
return;
}
with_node_mut(parent, |node| {
let from = from_index as usize;
let to = to_index as usize;
let len = node.common.children.len();
if from >= len || to >= len || from == to {
return;
}
let child = node.common.children.remove(from);
node.common.children.insert(to, child);
});
}

pub fn remove_child(parent: i64, child: i64) {
if !is_fluent() {
perry_ui_windows::widgets::remove_child(parent, child);
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