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authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-08-31 04:47:33 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-08-31 04:47:33 +0000
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* stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
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@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ file. @code{C_BINCL} and @code{C_EINCL} do not nest.
@findex N_SLINE
An @code{N_SLINE} symbol represents the start of a source line. The
-desc field contains the line number and the value field
+desc field contains the line number and the value
contains the code address for the start of that source line. On most
machines the address is absolute; for Sun's stabs-in-ELF, it is relative
to the function in which the @code{N_SLINE} symbol occurs.
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ one has complained).
A function is represented by an @samp{F} symbol descriptor for a global
(extern) function, and @samp{f} for a static (local) function. The
-value field is the address of the start of the function (absolute
+value is the address of the start of the function (absolute
for @code{a.out}; relative to the start of the file for Sun's
stabs-in-ELF). The type information of the stab represents the return
type of the function; thus @samp{foo:f5} means that foo is a function
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ produce an external symbol.
@c According to an old version of this manual, AIX uses C_RPSYM instead
@c of C_RSYM. I am skeptical; this should be verified.
Register variables have their own stab type, @code{N_RSYM}, and their
-own symbol descriptor, @samp{r}. The stab's value field contains the
+own symbol descriptor, @samp{r}. The stab's value is the
number of the register where the variable data will be stored.
@c .stabs "name:type",N_RSYM,0,RegSize,RegNumber (Sun doc)
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ know that it is an argument.
Because that approach is kind of ugly, some compilers use symbol
descriptor @samp{P} or @samp{R} to indicate an argument which is in a
register. Symbol type @code{C_RPSYM} is used with @samp{R} and
-@code{N_RSYM} is used with @samp{P}. The symbol's value field is
+@code{N_RSYM} is used with @samp{P}. The symbol's value is
the register number. @samp{P} and @samp{R} mean the same thing; the
difference is that @samp{P} is a GNU invention and @samp{R} is an IBM
(XCOFF) invention. As of version 4.9, GDB should handle either one.
@@ -2000,9 +2000,9 @@ The variable is represented by two symbol table entries in the object
file (see below). The first one originated as a stab. The second one
is an external symbol. The upper case @samp{D} signifies that the
@code{n_type} field of the symbol table contains 7, @code{N_DATA} with
-local linkage. The value field is empty for the stab entry. For
-the linker symbol, it contains the relocatable address corresponding to
-the variable.
+local linkage. The stab's value is zero since the value is not used for
+@code{N_GSYM} stabs. The value of the linker symbol is the relocatable
+address corresponding to the variable.
@example
00000000 - 00 0000 GSYM g_foo:G2