Developer's Topics
Chapter 7, Common Object File Format (COFF)

Beginning of blocks and functions

Beginning of blocks and functions

The auxiliary table entries for the beginning of blocks and functions have the format shown in Table 7-34, ``Format for beginning of block and function'':



Table 7-34 Format for beginning of block and function

 Bytes   Declaration      Name       Description
 --------------------------------------------------------
 0-3     -                -          unused (filled with
                                     zeroes)
 4-5     unsigned short   x_lnno     C-source line number
 6-11    -                -          unused (filled with
                                     zeroes)
 12-15   long int         x_endndx   index of next entry
                                     past this block
 16-17   -                -          unused (filled with
                                     zeroes)