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syms(4)
NAME
  syms - Symbol table

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sym.h>
  #include <symconst.h>

DESCRIPTION
  The symbol table departs from the standard COFF symbol table. The symbol
  table consists of many tables unbundling information usually found in the
  one COFF symbol table.  The symbol table should be viewed as a handcrafted,
  network-style database designed for space and access efficiency.

  The following structures or tables appear in the symbol table:

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  Table			  Contents
  _______________________________________________________________
  Symbolic header	  Sizes and locations of all other tables
  File descriptors	  Per file locations for other tables
  Procedure descriptors

			  Frame information and location of
			  procedure information
  Local symbols

			  Local type, local variable, and scoping
			  information
  Local strings

			  String space for local symbols
  Line numbers

			  Compacted by encoding, contains a line
			  per instruction
  Relative file desc.

			  Indirection for inter-file symbol
			  access
  Optimization symbols

			  To be defined
  Auxiliary symbols

			  Data type information for local and
			  external symbols
  External symbols

			  Global text and data symbols
  External strings

			  String space for external symbols
  Dense numbers

			  Index pairs (file, symbol) for compiler
			  use (-oldc only)
  _______________________________________________________________

  External and local symbols are both represented using the following
  structure:

       struct
       {
	   long	     iss;    /* index into string space */
	   long	     value;  /* address, size, etc.; depends on sc and st */
	   unsigned  st: 6;  /* symbol type (e.g., local, param, etc.) */
	   unsigned  sc: 5;  /* storage class (e.g., text, bss, etc.) */
	   unsigned  reserved: 1;
	   unsigned  index;  /* index to symbol or auxiliary tables */
       };

RELATED INFORMATION
  ldfcn(4).

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