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| <h2 class="appendix">Appendix B Table of Symbol Descriptors</h2> |
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| <p>The symbol descriptor is the character which follows the colon in many |
| stabs, and which tells what kind of stab it is. See <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field">String Field</a>, |
| for more information about their use. |
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| <dt><code><var>digit</var></code></dt> |
| <dt><code>(</code></dt> |
| <dt><code>-</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Variable on the stack; see <a href="Stack-Variables.html#Stack-Variables">Stack Variables</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>:</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>C<tt>++</tt> nested symbol; see See <a href="Nested-Symbols.html#Nested-Symbols">Nested Symbols</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>a</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Parameter passed by reference in register; see <a href="Reference-Parameters.html#Reference-Parameters">Reference Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>b</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Based variable; see <a href="Based-Variables.html#Based-Variables">Based Variables</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>c</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Constant; see <a href="Constants.html#Constants">Constants</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>C</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Conformant array bound (Pascal, maybe other languages); <a href="Conformant-Arrays.html#Conformant-Arrays">Conformant Arrays</a>. Name of a caught exception (GNU C<tt>++</tt>). These can be |
| distinguished because the latter uses <code>N_CATCH</code> and the former uses |
| another symbol type. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>d</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Floating point register variable; see <a href="Register-Variables.html#Register-Variables">Register Variables</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>D</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Parameter in floating point register; see <a href="Register-Parameters.html#Register-Parameters">Register Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>f</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>File scope function; see <a href="Procedures.html#Procedures">Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>F</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Global function; see <a href="Procedures.html#Procedures">Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>G</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Global variable; see <a href="Global-Variables.html#Global-Variables">Global Variables</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>i</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>See <a href="Register-Parameters.html#Register-Parameters">Register Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>I</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Internal (nested) procedure; see <a href="Nested-Procedures.html#Nested-Procedures">Nested Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>J</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Internal (nested) function; see <a href="Nested-Procedures.html#Nested-Procedures">Nested Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>L</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Label name (documented by AIX, no further information known). |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>m</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Module; see <a href="Procedures.html#Procedures">Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>p</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Argument list parameter; see <a href="Parameters.html#Parameters">Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>pP</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>See <a href="Parameters.html#Parameters">Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>pF</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Fortran Function parameter; see <a href="Parameters.html#Parameters">Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>P</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Unfortunately, three separate meanings have been independently invented |
| for this symbol descriptor. At least the GNU and Sun uses can be |
| distinguished by the symbol type. Global Procedure (AIX) (symbol type |
| used unknown); see <a href="Procedures.html#Procedures">Procedures</a>. Register parameter (GNU) (symbol |
| type <code>N_PSYM</code>); see <a href="Parameters.html#Parameters">Parameters</a>. Prototype of function |
| referenced by this file (Sun <code>acc</code>) (symbol type <code>N_FUN</code>). |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>Q</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Static Procedure; see <a href="Procedures.html#Procedures">Procedures</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>R</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Register parameter; see <a href="Register-Parameters.html#Register-Parameters">Register Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>r</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Register variable; see <a href="Register-Variables.html#Register-Variables">Register Variables</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>S</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>File scope variable; see <a href="Statics.html#Statics">Statics</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>s</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Local variable (OS9000). |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>t</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Type name; see <a href="Typedefs.html#Typedefs">Typedefs</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>T</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Enumeration, structure, or union tag; see <a href="Typedefs.html#Typedefs">Typedefs</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>v</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Parameter passed by reference; see <a href="Reference-Parameters.html#Reference-Parameters">Reference Parameters</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>V</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Procedure scope static variable; see <a href="Statics.html#Statics">Statics</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>x</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Conformant array; see <a href="Conformant-Arrays.html#Conformant-Arrays">Conformant Arrays</a>. |
| </p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>X</code></dt> |
| <dd><p>Function return variable; see <a href="Parameters.html#Parameters">Parameters</a>. |
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