A somewhat detailed explanation of the needs and possible solution is available at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugGNUIndexSection .
It was posted for discussion to http://sourceware.org/ml/archer/2009-q3/msg00105.html . -- Summary: GCC should emit an index of publicly named entities Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: debug AssignedTo: dodji at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dodji at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41130