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The symbol descriptor is the character which follows the colon in many stabs, and which tells what kind of stab it is. See The String Field, for more information about their use.
digit
(
-
Variable on the stack; see Automatic Variables Allocated on the Stack.
:
C++ nested symbol; see See Defining a Symbol Within Another Type.
a
Parameter passed by reference in register; see Passing Parameters by Reference.
b
Based variable; see Fortran Based Variables.
c
Constant; see Constants.
C
Conformant array bound (Pascal, maybe other languages); Passing Conformant Array Parameters. Name of a caught exception (GNU C++). These can be
distinguished because the latter uses N_CATCH
and the former uses
another symbol type.
d
Floating point register variable; see Register Variables.
D
Parameter in floating point register; see Passing Parameters in Registers.
f
File scope function; see Procedures.
F
Global function; see Procedures.
G
Global variable; see Global Variables.
i
I
Internal (nested) procedure; see Nested Procedures.
J
Internal (nested) function; see Nested Procedures.
L
Label name (documented by AIX, no further information known).
m
Module; see Procedures.
p
Argument list parameter; see Parameters.
pP
See Parameters.
pF
Fortran Function parameter; see Parameters.
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 Procedures. Register parameter (GNU) (symbol
type N_PSYM
); see Parameters. Prototype of function
referenced by this file (Sun acc
) (symbol type N_FUN
).
Q
Static Procedure; see Procedures.
R
Register parameter; see Passing Parameters in Registers.
r
Register variable; see Register Variables.
S
File scope variable; see Static Variables.
s
Local variable (OS9000).
t
Type name; see Giving a Type a Name.
T
Enumeration, structure, or union tag; see Giving a Type a Name.
v
Parameter passed by reference; see Passing Parameters by Reference.
V
Procedure scope static variable; see Static Variables.
x
Conformant array; see Passing Conformant Array Parameters.
X
Function return variable; see Parameters.
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