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diff --git a/absl/debugging/internal/demangle.h b/absl/debugging/internal/demangle.h
index e1f15698..146d1150 100644
--- a/absl/debugging/internal/demangle.h
+++ b/absl/debugging/internal/demangle.h
@@ -12,13 +12,23 @@
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
-// An async-signal-safe and thread-safe demangler for Itanium C++ ABI
-// (aka G++ V3 ABI).
+#ifndef ABSL_DEBUGGING_INTERNAL_DEMANGLE_H_
+#define ABSL_DEBUGGING_INTERNAL_DEMANGLE_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include "absl/base/config.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+namespace debugging_internal {
+
+// Demangle `mangled`. On success, return true and write the
+// demangled symbol name to `out`. Otherwise, return false.
+// `out` is modified even if demangling is unsuccessful.
//
-// The demangler is implemented to be used in async signal handlers to
-// symbolize stack traces. We cannot use libstdc++'s
-// abi::__cxa_demangle() in such signal handlers since it's not async
-// signal safe (it uses malloc() internally).
+// This function provides an alternative to libstdc++'s abi::__cxa_demangle,
+// which is not async signal safe (it uses malloc internally). It's intended to
+// be used in async signal handlers to symbolize stack traces.
//
// Note that this demangler doesn't support full demangling. More
// specifically, it doesn't print types of function parameters and
@@ -30,40 +40,32 @@
//
// Example:
//
-// | Mangled Name | The Demangler | abi::__cxa_demangle()
-// |---------------|---------------|-----------------------
-// | _Z1fv | f() | f()
-// | _Z1fi | f() | f(int)
-// | _Z3foo3bar | foo() | foo(bar)
-// | _Z1fIiEvi | f<>() | void f<int>(int)
-// | _ZN1N1fE | N::f | N::f
-// | _ZN3Foo3BarEv | Foo::Bar() | Foo::Bar()
-// | _Zrm1XS_" | operator%() | operator%(X, X)
-// | _ZN3FooC1Ev | Foo::Foo() | Foo::Foo()
-// | _Z1fSs | f() | f(std::basic_string<char,
-// | | | std::char_traits<char>,
-// | | | std::allocator<char> >)
+// | Mangled Name | Demangle | DemangleString
+// |---------------|-------------|-----------------------
+// | _Z1fv | f() | f()
+// | _Z1fi | f() | f(int)
+// | _Z3foo3bar | foo() | foo(bar)
+// | _Z1fIiEvi | f<>() | void f<int>(int)
+// | _ZN1N1fE | N::f | N::f
+// | _ZN3Foo3BarEv | Foo::Bar() | Foo::Bar()
+// | _Zrm1XS_" | operator%() | operator%(X, X)
+// | _ZN3FooC1Ev | Foo::Foo() | Foo::Foo()
+// | _Z1fSs | f() | f(std::basic_string<char,
+// | | | std::char_traits<char>,
+// | | | std::allocator<char> >)
//
// See the unit test for more examples.
//
// Note: we might want to write demanglers for ABIs other than Itanium
// C++ ABI in the future.
-//
-
-#ifndef ABSL_DEBUGGING_INTERNAL_DEMANGLE_H_
-#define ABSL_DEBUGGING_INTERNAL_DEMANGLE_H_
-
-#include "absl/base/config.h"
-
-namespace absl {
-ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
-namespace debugging_internal {
-
-// Demangle `mangled`. On success, return true and write the
-// demangled symbol name to `out`. Otherwise, return false.
-// `out` is modified even if demangling is unsuccessful.
bool Demangle(const char* mangled, char* out, size_t out_size);
+// A wrapper around `abi::__cxa_demangle()`. On success, returns the demangled
+// name. On failure, returns the input mangled name.
+//
+// This function is not async-signal-safe.
+std::string DemangleString(const char* mangled);
+
} // namespace debugging_internal
ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
} // namespace absl