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| <h3 class="section">2.7 Block Structure</h3> |
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| <p>The program’s block structure is represented by the <code>N_LBRAC</code> (left |
| brace) and the <code>N_RBRAC</code> (right brace) stab types. The variables |
| defined inside a block precede the <code>N_LBRAC</code> symbol for most |
| compilers, including GCC. Other compilers, such as the Convex, Acorn |
| RISC machine, and Sun <code>acc</code> compilers, put the variables after the |
| <code>N_LBRAC</code> symbol. The values of the <code>N_LBRAC</code> and |
| <code>N_RBRAC</code> symbols are the start and end addresses of the code of |
| the block, respectively. For most machines, they are relative to the |
| starting address of this source file. For the Gould NP1, they are |
| absolute. For stabs in sections (see <a href="Stab-Sections.html#Stab-Sections">Stab Sections</a>), they are |
| relative to the function in which they occur. |
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| <p>The <code>N_LBRAC</code> and <code>N_RBRAC</code> stabs that describe the block |
| scope of a procedure are located after the <code>N_FUN</code> stab that |
| represents the procedure itself. |
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| <p>Sun documents the desc field of <code>N_LBRAC</code> and |
| <code>N_RBRAC</code> symbols as containing the nesting level of the block. |
| However, dbx seems to not care, and GCC always sets desc to |
| zero. |
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| <p>For XCOFF, block scope is indicated with <code>C_BLOCK</code> symbols. If the |
| name of the symbol is ‘<samp>.bb</samp>’, then it is the beginning of the block; |
| if the name of the symbol is ‘<samp>.be</samp>’; it is the end of the block. |
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