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    The following table lists the SCA symbol classes and their
    corresponding meanings in C.

    SCA Symbol Classes and Equivalent C Language Terminology

    SCA Term       C Term         Explanation

    Argument       Formal         The variable named in a function
                   Parameter      definition

    Component,     Member         A member of a structure or union
    Field

    Constant,      Constant       A defined value that does not change
    Literal

    Exception      N/A

    File           File           A file used during compilation

    Function,      Function       Any function ( such as 'main' )
    Procedure,
    Program,
    Routine,
    Subroutine

    Generic        N/A

    Keyword        Keyword        PDF keyword tag

    Label          Label          A label identifier

    Macro          Macro          A Macro created by #define

    Module,        Module         Each .c source file represents a
    Package                       module

    Placeholder    Placeholder    An LSE placeholder

    Psect          N/A

    Tag            Tag            A PDF tag

    Task           N/A

    Type           Type           int, float, struct {...}, typedef,
                                  and so forth

    Unbound        N/A

    Variable       Variable       Program variable

    The following table lists the SCA occurrence classes and their
    corresponding meanings in C.

    SCA Occurrence Classes and Equivalent C Language Terminology

    SCA Term       C Term         Explanation

    Primary        Declaration    Most significant declaration; for
                   or definition  example, a variable declaration, or
                                  a function definition

    Associated     Declaration    Other declarations; for example,
                                  function declarations or EXTERN
                                  declarations

    Declaration    Definition or  Any declaration, either primary or
                   Declaration    associated

    Read, Fetch    Read           The act of retrieving an Rvalue

    Write, Store   Write          Changing the contents of an Lvalue

    Address,       Address        The use of the & operator
    Pointer

    Call           Call           A function call

    Command_line   Command_line   A file specified on the command
                                  line, for example, CC foo.c

    Include        Include        A file specified in a #include
                                  preprocessor directive

    Precompiled    N/A

    Reference      Reference      Any nondeclaration

    Explicit       Explicit       An entity that is explicitly
                                  declared

    Implicit       Implicit       An entity that is implicitly
                                  declared by the compiler; for
                                  example, a function with no type
                                  is implicitly declared as INT

    Visible        Visible        Occurrence appears in source

    Hidden         Hidden         Occurrence does not appear in
                                  source; for example, it appears
                                  only in the expansion of a macro

    Compilation_   Module         A module
    unit

    The following table lists the SCA domain classes and their
    corresponding meanings in C.

    SCA Domain Classes and Equivalent C Language Terminology

    SCA Term       C Term         Explanation

    Inheritable    N/A

    Global         Globally       For example, extern, globaldef,
                   visible        globalref, globalvalue

    Predefined     Defined by     For example, int, float, char
                   the language

    Multi_module                  Predefined and global

    Module_        Local to one   For example, static, auto, register
    specific       module