Class Hierarchy of Symbol Types

Visual Studio 2015

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The following table describes the symbol types in the class hierarchy.

Symbol Types

Symbol type	Description
UDT	Symbol used to represent each class, structure, and union.
Enum (Debug Interface Access SDK)	Symbol for enumerated types.
PointerType	Symbol for pointer types.
ArrayType	Symbol for array types.
BaseType	Symbol for base types
Typedef (Debug Interface Access SDK)	Symbol that introduces names for other types.
BaseClass	Symbol used for each base class of a user-defined type (UDT).
Friend (Debug Interface Access SDK)	Symbol for friend classes and friend functions.
FunctionType	Symbol for each unique function signature.
FunctionArgType	Symbol for each parameter to a function.
VTableShape	Symbol for the size of the virtual table.
VTable	Symbol for a virtual table.
CustomType	Symbol for vendor-defined type.
ManagedType	Symbol for a type defined in metadata.
Dimension	Symbol for array dimensions.

Note
Each symbol can have properties that hold information about the symbol, as well as references to other symbols. These properties are listed in the individual symbol topics.