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

Symbols and functions

Symbols and functions

For each function, a special symbol .bf is put between the function name and the first local symbol of the function in the symbol table. Also, a special symbol .ef is put immediately after the last local symbol of the function in the symbol table. The sequence is shown in Table 7-15, ``Symbols for functions''.



Table 7-15 Symbols for functions

 ---------------
| function name|
|--------------|
|      .bf     |
|--------------|
|  local symbol|
|--------------|
|      .ef     |
|--------------|