From c5eec4426d9144b2255500217d0e3ff9463d2770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9s=20Delfino?= Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 14:59:45 -0300 Subject: Add a reference to the name mangling description in the tutorial to the index. (GH-10138) --- Doc/tutorial/classes.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index 7d3b823..edbc43f 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ be treated as a non-public part of the API (whether it is a function, a method or a data member). It should be considered an implementation detail and subject to change without notice. +.. index:: + pair: name; mangling + Since there is a valid use-case for class-private members (namely to avoid name clashes of names with names defined by subclasses), there is limited support for such a mechanism, called :dfn:`name mangling`. Any identifier of the form -- cgit v0.12