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+/* mangle.h - This file has some CPP macros to deal with different symbol
+ * mangling across binary formats.
+ * (c)2002 by Felix Buenemann <atmosfear at users.sourceforge.net>
+ * File licensed under the GPL, see http://www.fsf.org/ for more info.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __MANGLE_H
+#define __MANGLE_H
+
+/* Feel free to add more to the list, eg. a.out IMO */
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#define MANGLE(a) "_" #a
+#else
+#define MANGLE(a) #a
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !__MANGLE_H */
+