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								<a name="symbol-handling-functions"></a>Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="typedef-asymbol.html#typedef-asymbol">typedef asymbol</a>,
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								<h4 class="subsection">2.7.5 Symbol handling functions</h4>
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.1 <code>bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Return the number of bytes required to store a vector of pointers
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								to <code>asymbols</code> for all the symbols in the BFD <var>abfd</var>,
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								including a terminal NULL pointer. If there are no symbols in
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								the BFD, then return 0.  If an error occurs, return -1.
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								<pre class="example">     #define bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound(abfd) \
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								          BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound, (abfd))
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.2 <code>bfd_is_local_label</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_is_local_label (bfd *abfd, asymbol *sym);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Return TRUE if the given symbol <var>sym</var> in the BFD <var>abfd</var> is
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								a compiler generated local label, else return FALSE.
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.3 <code>bfd_is_local_label_name</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_is_local_label_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Return TRUE if a symbol with the name <var>name</var> in the BFD
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								<var>abfd</var> is a compiler generated local label, else return
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								FALSE.  This just checks whether the name has the form of a
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								local label.
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								<pre class="example">     #define bfd_is_local_label_name(abfd, name) \
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								       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_is_local_label_name, (abfd, name))
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.4 <code>bfd_is_target_special_symbol</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_is_target_special_symbol (bfd *abfd, asymbol *sym);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Return TRUE iff a symbol <var>sym</var> in the BFD <var>abfd</var> is something
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								special to the particular target represented by the BFD.  Such symbols
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								<pre class="example">     #define bfd_is_target_special_symbol(abfd, sym) \
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								       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_is_target_special_symbol, (abfd, sym))
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.5 <code>bfd_canonicalize_symtab</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Read the symbols from the BFD <var>abfd</var>, and fills in
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								the vector <var>location</var> with pointers to the symbols and
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								a trailing NULL. 
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								Return the actual number of symbol pointers, not
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								including the NULL.
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								<pre class="example">     #define bfd_canonicalize_symtab(abfd, location) \
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								       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_canonicalize_symtab, (abfd, location))
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.6 <code>bfd_set_symtab</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_set_symtab
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								        (bfd *abfd, asymbol **location, unsigned int count);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Arrange that when the output BFD <var>abfd</var> is closed,
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								the table <var>location</var> of <var>count</var> pointers to symbols
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								will be written.
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.7 <code>bfd_print_symbol_vandf</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     void bfd_print_symbol_vandf (bfd *abfd, void *file, asymbol *symbol);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Print the value and flags of the <var>symbol</var> supplied to the
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.8 <code>bfd_make_empty_symbol</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Create a new <code>asymbol</code> structure for the BFD <var>abfd</var>
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								and return a pointer to it.
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								information surrounding the <code>asymbol</code>. Building your own
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								       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_make_empty_symbol, (abfd))
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								<pre class="example">     asymbol *_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol (bfd *);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Create a new <code>asymbol</code> structure for the BFD <var>abfd</var>
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.10 <code>bfd_make_debug_symbol</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Create a new <code>asymbol</code> structure for the BFD <var>abfd</var>,
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								to be used as a debugging symbol.  Further details of its use have
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.11 <code>bfd_decode_symclass</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Return a character corresponding to the symbol
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								class of <var>symbol</var>, or '?' for an unknown class.
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								<pre class="example">     int bfd_decode_symclass (asymbol *symbol);
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Returns non-zero if the class symbol returned by
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_is_undefined_symclass (int symclass);
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								<h5 class="subsubsection">2.7.5.13 <code>bfd_symbol_info</code></h5>
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								<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Fill in the basic info about symbol that nm needs. 
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								<pre class="example">     void bfd_symbol_info (asymbol *symbol, symbol_info *ret);
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								<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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								<pre class="example">     bfd_boolean bfd_copy_private_symbol_data
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								        (bfd *ibfd, asymbol *isym, bfd *obfd, asymbol *osym);
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								   <p><strong>Description</strong><br>
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								Copy private symbol information from <var>isym</var> in the BFD
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								<var>ibfd</var> to the symbol <var>osym</var> in the BFD <var>obfd</var>. 
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								Return <code>TRUE</code> on success, <code>FALSE</code> on error.  Possible error
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								returns are:
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								<li><code>bfd_error_no_memory</code> -
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								Not enough memory exists to create private data for <var>osec</var>. 
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								<pre class="example">     #define bfd_copy_private_symbol_data(ibfd, isymbol, obfd, osymbol) \
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								       BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_symbol_data, \
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								                 (ibfd, isymbol, obfd, osymbol))
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