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| <h3 class="section">8.2 Defining a Symbol Within Another Type</h3> |
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| <p>In C<tt>++</tt>, a symbol (such as a type name) can be defined within another type. |
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| <p>In stabs, this is sometimes represented by making the name of a symbol |
| which contains ‘<samp>::</samp>’. Such a pair of colons does not end the name |
| of the symbol, the way a single colon would (see <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field">String Field</a>). I’m |
| not sure how consistently used or well thought out this mechanism is. |
| So that a pair of colons in this position always has this meaning, |
| ‘<samp>:</samp>’ cannot be used as a symbol descriptor. |
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| <p>For example, if the string for a stab is ‘<samp>foo::bar::baz:t5=*6</samp>’, |
| then <code>foo::bar::baz</code> is the name of the symbol, ‘<samp>t</samp>’ is the |
| symbol descriptor, and ‘<samp>5=*6</samp>’ is the type information. |
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