Name mangling of c++ classes and its member functions?

Question

Is there no way I could avoid name mangling of C++ classes and its member functions when exposed from a c++ dll.

Can\'t I use a def file mechanism in this regard ?

Answer 1

The only way I could think of is declaring functions as extern "C". The name mangling is required for the linker to distinguish e.g. overloaded functions by their parameter list (which would be unavailable to the linker if not for name mangling).