Table of Stab Types

The following are all the possible values for the stab type field, for a.out files, in numeric order. This does not apply to XCOFF, but it does apply to stabs in sections (see section Using Stabs in Their Own Sections). Stabs in ECOFF use these values but add 0x8f300 to distinguish them from non-stab symbols.

The symbolic names are defined in the file `include/aout/stabs.def'.

Non-Stab Symbol Types

The following types are used by the linker and assembler, not by stab directives. Since this document does not attempt to describe aspects of object file format other than the debugging format, no details are given.

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0x0 N_UNDF

Undefined symbol

0x2 N_ABS

File scope absolute symbol

0x3 N_ABS | N_EXT

External absolute symbol

0x4 N_TEXT

File scope text symbol

0x5 N_TEXT | N_EXT

External text symbol

0x6 N_DATA

File scope data symbol

0x7 N_DATA | N_EXT

External data symbol

0x8 N_BSS

File scope BSS symbol

0x9 N_BSS | N_EXT

External BSS symbol

0x0c N_FN_SEQ

Same as N_FN, for Sequent compilers

0x0a N_INDR

Symbol is indirected to another symbol

0x12 N_COMM

Common--visible after shared library dynamic link

0x14 N_SETA

0x15 N_SETA | N_EXT

Absolute set element

0x16 N_SETT

0x17 N_SETT | N_EXT

Text segment set element

0x18 N_SETD

0x19 N_SETD | N_EXT

Data segment set element

0x1a N_SETB

0x1b N_SETB | N_EXT

BSS segment set element

0x1c N_SETV

0x1d N_SETV | N_EXT

Pointer to set vector

0x1e N_WARNING

Print a warning message during linking

0x1f N_FN

File name of a `.o' file

Stab Symbol Types

The following symbol types indicate that this is a stab. This is the full list of stab numbers, including stab types that are used in languages other than C.

0x20 N_GSYM

Global symbol; see section Global Variables.

0x22 N_FNAME

Function name (for BSD Fortran); see section Procedures.

0x24 N_FUN

Function name (see section Procedures) or text segment variable (see section Static Variables).

0x26 N_STSYM

Data segment file-scope variable; see section Static Variables.

0x28 N_LCSYM

BSS segment file-scope variable; see section Static Variables.

0x2a N_MAIN

Name of main routine; see section Main Program.

0x2c N_ROSYM

Variable in .rodata section; see section Static Variables.

0x2e N_BNSYM

Start of a relocatable symbol block; see section Coalesced Symbol Blocks.

0x30 N_PC

Global symbol (for Pascal); see section N_PC.

0x32 N_NSYMS

Number of symbols (according to Ultrix V4.0); see section N_NSYMS.

0x34 N_NOMAP

No DST map; see section N_NOMAP.

0x38 N_OBJ

Object file (Solaris2).

0x3c N_OPT

Debugger options (Solaris2).

0x40 N_RSYM

Register variable; see section Register Variables.

0x42 N_M2C

Modula-2 compilation unit; see section N_M2C.

0x44 N_SLINE

Line number in text segment; see section Line Numbers.

0x46 N_DSLINE

Line number in data segment; see section Line Numbers.

0x48 N_BSLINE

Line number in bss segment; see section Line Numbers.

0x48 N_BROWS

Sun source code browser, path to `.cb' file; see section N_BROWS.

0x4a N_DEFD

GNU Modula2 definition module dependency; see section N_DEFD.

0x4c N_FLINE

Function start/body/end line numbers (Solaris2).

0x4e N_ENSYM

End of a relocatble symbol block; see section Coalesced Symbol Blocks.

0x50 N_EHDECL

GNU C++ exception variable; see section N_EHDECL.

0x50 N_MOD2

Modula2 info "for imc" (according to Ultrix V4.0); see section N_MOD2.

0x54 N_CATCH

GNU C++ catch clause; see section N_CATCH.

0x60 N_SSYM

Structure of union element; see section N_SSYM.

0x62 N_ENDM

Last stab for module (Solaris2).

0x64 N_SO

Path and name of source file; see section Paths and Names of the Source Files.

0x80 N_LSYM

Stack variable (see section Automatic Variables Allocated on the Stack) or type (see section Giving a Type a Name).

0x82 N_BINCL

Beginning of an include file (Sun only); see section Names of Include Files.

0x84 N_SOL

Name of include file; see section Names of Include Files.

0xa0 N_PSYM

Parameter variable; see section Parameters.

0xa2 N_EINCL

End of an include file; see section Names of Include Files.

0xa4 N_ENTRY

Alternate entry point; see section Alternate Entry Points.

0xc0 N_LBRAC

Beginning of a lexical block; see section Block Structure.

0xc2 N_EXCL

Place holder for a deleted include file; see section Names of Include Files.

0xc4 N_SCOPE

Modula2 scope information (Sun linker); see section N_SCOPE.

0xe0 N_RBRAC

End of a lexical block; see section Block Structure.

0xe2 N_BCOMM

Begin named common block; see section Common Blocks.

0xe4 N_ECOMM

End named common block; see section Common Blocks.

0xe8 N_ECOML

Member of a common block; see section Common Blocks.

0xea N_WITH

Pascal with statement: type,,0,0,offset (Solaris2).

0xf0 N_NBTEXT

Gould non-base registers; see section Non-base registers on Gould systems.

0xf2 N_NBDATA

Gould non-base registers; see section Non-base registers on Gould systems.

0xf4 N_NBBSS

Gould non-base registers; see section Non-base registers on Gould systems.

0xf6 N_NBSTS

Gould non-base registers; see section Non-base registers on Gould systems.

0xf8 N_NBLCS

Gould non-base registers; see section Non-base registers on Gould systems.

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