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Name Encoding

Different classes are allowed to have functions with the same name.
Some languages (C++) even permit multiple functions with the same name within a class.
Yet linkers usually want every function to have a unique name.
Solution - generate an internal name that encodes both class name, function name, and argument types.
Example: Foo::Bar_int_float_int

This is sometimes called a mangled name