Lexical Hierarchy of Symbol Types
The following table shows the symbol types in the lexical hierarchy.
Symbol Types
| Symbol type | Description |
|---|---|
| Annotation | Specifies an annotated location in program code. |
| Block | Specifies nested scopes in functions. |
Compiland |
Specifies a compiland linked to the .exe file. |
| CompilandDetails | Specifies compiland data that may require loading additional compiland details and thus incur run-time overhead to retrieve. |
| CompilandEnv | Specifies any additional environment variables significant to the compilation of the compiland. |
| Custom (Debug Interface Access SDK) | Specifies a user-defined symbol. |
| Data (Debug Interface Access SDK) | Specifies such variables as parameters, local variables, global variables, and class members. |
| Exe | Specifies the global scope of the data; corresponds to an entire .exe or .dll file. |
| FuncDebugEnd | Specifies a function that has a defined point at which debugging is to end. |
| FuncDebugStart | Specifies a function that has a defined point at which debugging is to begin. |
| Function (Debug Interface Access SDK) | Specifies a function. |
| Label (Debug Interface Access SDK) | Specifies a location in program code. |
| PublicSymbol | Specifies an external symbol that appears when building the executable program. |
| Thunk | Specifies a thunk. |
| UsingNameSpace | Specifies a namespace identifier. |
Note
Additional symbol properties may be available depending on the symbol type. These properties are listed in the individual symbol topics.