Nielit Scentist-B [02-12-2018]

Symbol Table is an important data structure created and maintained by the compiler in order to keep track of semantics of variable i.e. it stores information about scope and binding information about names, information about instances of various entities such as variable and function names, classes, objects, etc.
Symbol Table entries: Each entry in symbol table is associated with attributes that support
→ compiler in different phases.
→ Items stored in Symbol table:
→ Variable names and constants
→ Procedure and function names
→ Literal constants and strings
→ Compiler generated temporaries
→ Labels in source languages