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Function `dmd.backend.compress.id_compress`

Compress an identifier for name mangling purposes. Format is if ASCII, then it's just the char. If high bit set, then it's a length/offset pair


						
				extern(C) char* id_compress(
				
  const(char)* id,
				
  int idlen,
				
  ulong* plen
				

				) nothrow @trusted;

Parameters

Name	Description
id	string to compress
idlen	length of id
plen	where to store length of compressed result

Returns

malloc'd compressed 0-terminated identifier

Authors

Walter Bright

License

Boost License 1.0