how does gdb extract symbol table information from binary files?

[Ramana Radhakrishnan]

> Hello,
>
> Could someone please help me understand how gdb fishes symbol table
> information when asked to print a struct value? I tried working my way
> down print_command_1(), but didn't succeed.

Or do you mean type information ? The symbol information can minimally be
gleaned from the ELF headers. The type information and the association of
a variable / address with a type would come from the debug info in
whatever form that might be.

cheers
Ramana

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