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typedef asymbol
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   An `asymbol' has the form:


     typedef struct symbol_cache_entry
     {
       /* A pointer to the BFD which owns the symbol. This information
          is necessary so that a back end can work out what additional
          information (invisible to the application writer) is carried
          with the symbol.
     
          This field is *almost* redundant, since you can use section->owner
          instead, except that some symbols point to the global sections
          bfd_{abs,com,und}_section.  This could be fixed by making
          these globals be per-bfd (or per-target-flavor).  FIXME.  */
       struct _bfd *the_bfd; /* Use bfd_asymbol_bfd(sym) to access this field.  */
     
       /* The text of the symbol. The name is left alone, and not copied; the
          application may not alter it.  */
       const char *name;
     
       /* The value of the symbol.  This really should be a union of a
          numeric value with a pointer, since some flags indicate that
          a pointer to another symbol is stored here.  */
       symvalue value;
     
       /* Attributes of a symbol.  */
     #define BSF_NO_FLAGS    0x00
     
       /* The symbol has local scope; `static' in `C'. The value
          is the offset into the section of the data.  */
     #define BSF_LOCAL      0x01
     
       /* The symbol has global scope; initialized data in `C'. The
          value is the offset into the section of the data.  */
     #define BSF_GLOBAL     0x02
     
       /* The symbol has global scope and is exported. The value is
          the offset into the section of the data.  */
     #define BSF_EXPORT     BSF_GLOBAL /* No real difference.  */
     
       /* A normal C symbol would be one of:
          `BSF_LOCAL', `BSF_FORT_COMM',  `BSF_UNDEFINED' or
          `BSF_GLOBAL'.  */
     
       /* The symbol is a debugging record. The value has an arbitary
          meaning, unless BSF_DEBUGGING_RELOC is also set.  */
     #define BSF_DEBUGGING  0x08
     
       /* The symbol denotes a function entry point.  Used in ELF,
          perhaps others someday.  */
     #define BSF_FUNCTION    0x10
     
       /* Used by the linker.  */
     #define BSF_KEEP        0x20
     #define BSF_KEEP_G      0x40
     
       /* A weak global symbol, overridable without warnings by
          a regular global symbol of the same name.  */
     #define BSF_WEAK        0x80
     
       /* This symbol was created to point to a section, e.g. ELF's
          STT_SECTION symbols.  */
     #define BSF_SECTION_SYM 0x100
     
       /* The symbol used to be a common symbol, but now it is
          allocated.  */
     #define BSF_OLD_COMMON  0x200
     
       /* The default value for common data.  */
     #define BFD_FORT_COMM_DEFAULT_VALUE 0
     
       /* In some files the type of a symbol sometimes alters its
          location in an output file - ie in coff a `ISFCN' symbol
          which is also `C_EXT' symbol appears where it was
          declared and not at the end of a section.  This bit is set
          by the target BFD part to convey this information.  */
     #define BSF_NOT_AT_END    0x400
     
       /* Signal that the symbol is the label of constructor section.  */
     #define BSF_CONSTRUCTOR   0x800
     
       /* Signal that the symbol is a warning symbol.  The name is a
          warning.  The name of the next symbol is the one to warn about;
          if a reference is made to a symbol with the same name as the next
          symbol, a warning is issued by the linker.  */
     #define BSF_WARNING       0x1000
     
       /* Signal that the symbol is indirect.  This symbol is an indirect
          pointer to the symbol with the same name as the next symbol.  */
     #define BSF_INDIRECT      0x2000
     
       /* BSF_FILE marks symbols that contain a file name.  This is used
          for ELF STT_FILE symbols.  */
     #define BSF_FILE          0x4000
     
       /* Symbol is from dynamic linking information.  */
     #define BSF_DYNAMIC       0x8000
     
       /* The symbol denotes a data object.  Used in ELF, and perhaps
          others someday.  */
     #define BSF_OBJECT        0x10000
     
       /* This symbol is a debugging symbol.  The value is the offset
          into the section of the data.  BSF_DEBUGGING should be set
          as well.  */
     #define BSF_DEBUGGING_RELOC 0x20000
     
       flagword flags;
     
       /* A pointer to the section to which this symbol is
          relative.  This will always be non NULL, there are special
          sections for undefined and absolute symbols.  */
       struct sec *section;
     
       /* Back end special data.  */
       union
         {
           PTR p;
           bfd_vma i;
         }
       udata;
     }
     asymbol;