Lexical Hierarchy of Symbol Types
The following table shows the symbol types in the lexical hierarchy.
Symbol Types
Symbol type |
Description |
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Specifies an annotated location in program code. |
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Specifies nested scopes in functions. |
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Compiland |
Specifies a compiland linked to the .exe file. |
Specifies compiland data that may require loading additional compiland details and thus incur run-time overhead to retrieve. |
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Specifies any additional environment variables significant to the compilation of the compiland. |
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Specifies a user-defined symbol. |
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Specifies such variables as parameters, local variables, global variables, and class members. |
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Specifies the global scope of the data; corresponds to an entire .exe or .dll file. |
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Specifies a function that has a defined point at which debugging is to end. |
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Specifies a function that has a defined point at which debugging is to begin. |
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Specifies a function. |
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Specifies a location in program code. |
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Specifies an external symbol that appears when building the executable program. |
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Specifies a thunk. |
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Specifies a namespaceidentifier. |
Note
Additional symbol properties may be available depending on the symbol type. These properties are listed in the individual symbol topics.
See Also
Reference
Class Hierarchy of Symbol Types