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--- config:mangling [2025/03/25 10:38] – rajit
+++ config:mangling [2025/03/25 10:40] (current) – rajit
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 x_0__y
 </code>
-(The character used as the prefix for name mangling is repeated.) A process name ''foo<6,4>'' would be
+(The character used as the prefix for name mangling is repeated.)
-mangled to
+A process name ''foo<6,4>'' would be mangled to
 <code>
 foo_46_84_5
 </code>
+The main reason for name mangling is that some commercial or third-party tools (e.g. SPICE simulators) have restrictions on characters used for signal names, identifiers, etc. Using name mangling is a systematic way to specify restrictions on the output format generated by certain ACT tools.