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To: Arun Paneri <arunpaneri@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Pls help: regarding gdb internals
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Arun Paneri <arunpaneri at yahoo.com> writes:
>  I am new to gdb code and trying to learn more things. i need help
>  regarding gdb internals.

Hi.  I'm afraid that sketching "how gdb works internally" would take a
very long time.

In gdbint.texinfo, the section on "Symbol handling" should answer some
of your questions.  The section on "Algorithms" has more general
information.