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@node Parameters
-@section Parameters
+@section Parameters
+
+Parameters to a function are represented by a stab (or sometimes two,
+see below) for each parameter. The stabs are in the order in which the
+debugger should print the parameters (i.e. the order in which the
+parameters are declared in the source file).
The symbol descriptor @samp{p} is used to refer to parameters which are
in the arglist. Symbols have symbol type @samp{N_PSYM}. The value of