Why do namespaces require name mangling? One could imagine just using :: in the symbol name. Anyway, even C has name mangling: For example, on Windows, all C s

Why do namespaces require name mangling? One could imagine just using :: in the symbol name. Anyway, even C has name mangling: For example, on Windows, all C symbols gets prefixed by an underscore https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=msvc-160 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-err... And even on macOS there is something about having symbols starting with \1