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     Syntax: name
 
     A symbol is a name that represents a register, a segment address,
     an offset address, or a full 32-bit address. At the FORTRAN source
     level, a symbol is simply a variable name or the name of a
     routine; you do not need to know what kind of address it
     represents. Symbols are never case sensitive with the FORTRAN
     expression evaluator. The Case Sensitivity command from the
     Options menu is ignored.
     See: ◄Options Menu/Case Sensitivity Command►
          ◄Options (O) Command-Window Command►
 
     In assembly-language displays and output from the
     Examine Symbols (X?) command, CodeView displays public symbol
     names in the object-code format produced by the compiler. This
     format includes a leading underscore.
 
     Only public symbols (such as procedure names) are shown in this
     format. For example, the main routine in your program is displayed
     as '_main'. You do not need to include the underscore when
     specifying such a symbol in CodeView commands.
 
     Labels within library routines or modules without CodeView
     information are sometimes displayed with two underscores
     (__chkstk). You must specify both underscores when using these
     labels in CodeView commands.
 
     See: ◄Examine Symbols (X?) Command-Window Command►
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