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 8.2 Defining a Symbol Within Another Type
 =========================================
 
 In C++, a symbol (such as a type name) can be defined within another
 type.
 
    In stabs, this is sometimes represented by making the name of a
 symbol which contains `::'.  Such a pair of colons does not end the name
 of the symbol, the way a single colon would ( String Field).  I'm
 not sure how consistently used or well thought out this mechanism is.
 So that a pair of colons in this position always has this meaning, `:'
 cannot be used as a symbol descriptor.
 
    For example, if the string for a stab is `foo::bar::baz:t5=*6', then
 `foo::bar::baz' is the name of the symbol, `t' is the symbol
 descriptor, and `5=*6' is the type information.
 

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