[Bug ld/27546] New: undefined reference error fix-hint suggestion

[srbvsr at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27546

            Bug ID: 27546
           Summary: undefined reference error fix-hint suggestion
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.26
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: srbvsr at gmail dot com
  Target Milestone: ---

I was trying to build a binary, invoking a C-function (fileA.c) within a C++
function (fileB.cpp). The build ended with a linker error: undefined reference
error on the C-function. 

Going over the objdump i was able to narrow its due to C++ name mangling. 

Examaple symbol output:

0000000000000000         *UND*  0000000000000000 _Z14ns_test_customv
0000000000000000 g     F .text  00000000000001d9 ns_test_custom

The enhancement idea here is to provide a suggestion to the end-user a
possibility of C++ name mangling scanning the symbol table. 

There are similar user-suggestions available in the gnu compilers and hope the
same can be adopted in the linker.

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