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Chapter 7, Common Object File Format (COFF)

Section numbers and storage classes

Section numbers and storage classes

Symbols having certain storage classes are also restricted to certain section numbers. They are summarized in Table 7-23, ``Section number and storage class''. 

Table 7-23 Section number and storage class

 Storage Class   Section Number
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 C_AUTO          N_ABS
 C_EXT           N_ABS, N_UNDEF, N_SCNUM
 C_STAT          N_SCNUM
 C_REG           N_ABS
 C_LABEL         N_UNDEF, N_SCNUM
 C_MOS           N_ABS
 C_ARG           N_ABS
 C_STRTAG        N_DEBUG
 C_MOU           N_ABS
 C_UNTAG         N_DEBUG
 C_TPDEF         N_DEBUG
 C_ENTAG         N_DEBUG
 C_MOE           N_ABS
 C_REGPARM       N_ABS
 C_FIELD         N_ABS
 C_BLOCK         N_SCNUM
 C_FCN           N_SCNUM
 C_EOS           N_ABS
 C_FILE          N_DEBUG
 C_ALIAS         N_DEBUG
 C_WEAKEXT       N_ABS, N_UNDEF, N_SCNUM