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  64. <h3 class="section">2.7 Block Structure</h3>
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  67. <p>The program&rsquo;s block structure is represented by the <code>N_LBRAC</code> (left
  68. brace) and the <code>N_RBRAC</code> (right brace) stab types. The variables
  69. defined inside a block precede the <code>N_LBRAC</code> symbol for most
  70. compilers, including GCC. Other compilers, such as the Convex, Acorn
  71. RISC machine, and Sun <code>acc</code> compilers, put the variables after the
  72. <code>N_LBRAC</code> symbol. The values of the <code>N_LBRAC</code> and
  73. <code>N_RBRAC</code> symbols are the start and end addresses of the code of
  74. the block, respectively. For most machines, they are relative to the
  75. starting address of this source file. For the Gould NP1, they are
  76. absolute. For stabs in sections (see <a href="Stab-Sections.html#Stab-Sections">Stab Sections</a>), they are
  77. relative to the function in which they occur.
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  79. <p>The <code>N_LBRAC</code> and <code>N_RBRAC</code> stabs that describe the block
  80. scope of a procedure are located after the <code>N_FUN</code> stab that
  81. represents the procedure itself.
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  83. <p>Sun documents the desc field of <code>N_LBRAC</code> and
  84. <code>N_RBRAC</code> symbols as containing the nesting level of the block.
  85. However, dbx seems to not care, and GCC always sets desc to
  86. zero.
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  91. <p>For XCOFF, block scope is indicated with <code>C_BLOCK</code> symbols. If the
  92. name of the symbol is &lsquo;<samp>.bb</samp>&rsquo;, then it is the beginning of the block;
  93. if the name of the symbol is &lsquo;<samp>.be</samp>&rsquo;; it is the end of the block.
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