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69<h2 class="chapter">2 Encoding the Structure of the Program</h2>
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71<p>The elements of the program structure that stabs encode include the name
72of the main function, the names of the source and include files, the
73line numbers, procedure names and types, and the beginnings and ends of
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79<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Source-Files.html#Source-Files" accesskey="2">Source Files</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">The path and name of the source file
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91<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Alternate-Entry-Points.html#Alternate-Entry-Points" accesskey="8">Alternate Entry Points</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Entering procedures except at the beginning.
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