The meaning of lowercase symbol type of nm

Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 00:28:00 GMT 2019


Hi,

man nm says this.

o   The symbol type.  At least the following types are used; others
are, as well, depending on the object file format.  If lowercase, the
symbol is usually local;

What does "usually" mean here? Is there an example when it is not
local yet it is still in lower case? Thanks.

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Regards,
Peng



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