Lexical Hierarchy of Symbol Types

Visual Studio 2015

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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.