extracting size of a symbol

[diz rael]

I was wondering if someone knows how to do this, or if
there is a more appropriate mailing list for this kind
of question.

Thanks,

diz.

--- diz rael <dizraelus@yahoo.com> wrote:

> What is the easiest way of extracting the size of a
> symbol (eg. global variable/function)?
> 
> bfd_print_symbol produces this info. but I want to
> extract just the size, and not print it to a stream.
> 
> Currently, I'm just sorting symbols within their
> sections and subtracting addresses of consecutive
> entries to calculate their sizes.
> 
> I'm sure there is a better way to do this, so any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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