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+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <brillo/type_name_undecorate.h>
+
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cxxabi.h>
+#include <memory>
+#endif  // __GNUG__
+
+namespace brillo {
+
+std::string UndecorateTypeName(const char* type_name) {
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+  // Under g++ use abi::__cxa_demangle() to undecorate the type name.
+  int status = 0;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<char, decltype(&std::free)> res{
+      abi::__cxa_demangle(type_name, nullptr, nullptr, &status),
+      std::free
+  };
+
+  return (status == 0) ? res.get() : type_name;
+#else
+  // If not compiled with g++, do nothing...
+  // E.g. MSVC's type_info::name() already contains undecorated name.
+  return type_name;
+#endif
+}
+
+}  // namespace brillo