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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index 79b0385796c..534eddf5ec1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -2294,6 +2294,12 @@ and all the psymbols themselves are allocated in a pair of large arrays on an obstack, so there is little to be gained by trying to free them unless you want to do a lot more work. +Whether or not psymtabs are created depends on the objfile's symbol +reader. The core of @value{GDBN} hides the details of partial symbols +and partial symbol tables behind a set of function pointers known as +the @dfn{quick symbol functions}. These are documented in +@file{symfile.h}. + @section Types @unnumberedsubsec Fundamental Types (e.g., @code{FT_VOID}, @code{FT_BOOLEAN}). |