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<h3 class="section">7.1 Symbol Table Format</h3>
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<p>Each time the assembler encounters a stab directive, it puts
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each field of the stab into a corresponding field in a symbol table
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entry of its output file. If the stab contains a string field, the
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symbol table entry for that stab points to a string table entry
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containing the string data from the stab. Assembler labels become
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relocatable addresses. Symbol table entries in a.out have the format:
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<pre class="example"> struct internal_nlist {
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unsigned long n_strx; /* index into string table of name */
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unsigned char n_type; /* type of symbol */
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unsigned char n_other; /* misc info (usually empty) */
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unsigned short n_desc; /* description field */
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bfd_vma n_value; /* value of symbol */
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};
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<p>If the stab has a string, the <code>n_strx</code> field holds the offset in
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bytes of the string within the string table. The string is terminated
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by a NUL character. If the stab lacks a string (for example, it was
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produced by a <code>.stabn</code> or <code>.stabd</code> directive), the
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<code>n_strx</code> field is zero.
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<p>Symbol table entries with <code>n_type</code> field values greater than 0x1f
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originated as stabs generated by the compiler (with one random
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exception). The other entries were placed in the symbol table of the
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executable by the assembler or the linker.
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