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This format was apparently invented by +Peter Kessler at +the University of California at Berkeley, for the <code>pdx</code> Pascal +debugger; the format has spread widely since then. +</p> +<p>This document is one of the few published sources of documentation on +stabs. It is believed to be comprehensive for stabs used by C. The +lists of symbol descriptors (see <a href="Symbol-Descriptors.html#Symbol-Descriptors">Symbol Descriptors</a>) and type +descriptors (see <a href="Type-Descriptors.html#Type-Descriptors">Type Descriptors</a>) are believed to be completely +comprehensive. Stabs for COBOL-specific features and for variant +records (used by Pascal and Modula-2) are poorly documented here. +</p> + +<p>Other sources of information on stabs are <cite>Dbx and Dbxtool +Interfaces</cite>, 2nd edition, by Sun, 1988, and <cite>AIX Version 3.2 Files +Reference</cite>, Fourth Edition, September 1992, "dbx Stabstring Grammar" in +the a.out section, page 2-31. This document is believed to incorporate +the information from those two sources except where it explicitly directs +you to them for more information. +</p> +<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Flow.html#Flow" accesskey="1">Flow</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Overview of debugging information flow +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Stabs-Format.html#Stabs-Format" accesskey="2">Stabs Format</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Overview of stab format +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field" accesskey="3">String Field</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The string field +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Example.html#C-Example" accesskey="4">C Example</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">A simple example in C source +</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Assembly-Code.html#Assembly-Code" accesskey="5">Assembly Code</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The simple example at the assembly level +</td></tr> +</table> + + + + +</body> +</html> |