c. The letter encodes any qualifier applied to the method definition. In this case, 'A' means that it is a normal function definition. The dot shows that the method is not virtual. The sections that follow elaborate further on these fields and describe the additional information present for virtual methods. .stabs "class_name:sym_desc(type)type_def(20)=type_desc(struct)struct_bytes(4) field_name(Adat):type(int),bit_offset(0),field_bits(32); method_name(Ameth)::type_def(21)=type_desc(method)return_type(int); :arg_types(int char); protection(public)qualifier(normal)virtual(no);;" N_LSYM,NIL,NIL,NIL .stabs "baseA:t20=s4Adat:1,0,32;Ameth::21=##1;:ic;2A.;;",128,0,0,0 .stabs "class_name:sym_desc(struct tag)",N_LSYM,NIL,NIL,NIL .stabs "baseA:T20",128,0,0,0