Figure 1 shows the external symbol dictionary (ESD)
information passed to the linkage editor or loader, or z/OS®
Program Management Binder in the object module. Figure 1. External Symbol Dictionary
SAMP01 External Symbol Dictionary Page 2
1 2 3 4
Symbol Type Id Address Length Owner Id Flags Alias-of HLASM R6.02008/07/11 17.48
SAMP01 SD 00000001
B_PRV ED 00000002 00000001
B_TEXT ED 00000003 00000000 000000E0 00000001 00
SAMP01 LD 00000004 00000000 00000003 00
ENTRY1 LD 00000005 00000000 00000003 00
KL_INST SD 00000006
B_PRV ED 00000007 00000006
B_TEXT ED 00000008 00000000 00000000 00000006 00
KL_INST CM 00000009 00000000 00000008 00
SD 0000000A
B_PRV ED 0000000B 0000000A
B_TEXT ED 0000000C 000000E0 00000000 0000000A 00
Date0001 ER 0000000D 0000000A RCNVDATE
RCNVTIME ER 0000000E 0000000A
1
Shows the name of every external dummy section, control section, entry point, external symbol,
and class.
2
Indicates whether the symbol is the name of a label definition, external reference, unnamed
control section definition, common control section definition, external dummy section, weak external
reference, or external definition.
3
Shows the length of the control section.
4
When you define a symbol in an ALIAS instruction, this field shows the external symbol name of
which the symbol is an alias.
You can suppress this section of the listing by specifying the
NOESD assembler option.