+. {* To avoid dragging too many header files into every file that
+. includes `<<bfd.h>>', IOSTREAM has been declared as a "char *",
+. and MTIME as a "long". Their correct types, to which they
+. are cast when used, are "FILE *" and "time_t". The iostream
+. is the result of an fopen on the filename. However, if the
+. BFD_IN_MEMORY flag is set, then iostream is actually a pointer
+. to a bfd_in_memory struct. *}
+. PTR iostream;
+.
+. {* Is the file descriptor being cached? That is, can it be closed as
+. needed, and re-opened when accessed later? *}
+. boolean cacheable;
+.
+. {* Marks whether there was a default target specified when the
+. BFD was opened. This is used to select which matching algorithm
+. to use to choose the back end. *}
+. boolean target_defaulted;
+.
+. {* The caching routines use these to maintain a
+. least-recently-used list of BFDs. *}
+. struct _bfd *lru_prev, *lru_next;
+.
+. {* When a file is closed by the caching routines, BFD retains
+. state information on the file here... *}
+. ufile_ptr where;
+.
+. {* ... and here: (``once'' means at least once). *}
+. boolean opened_once;
+.
+. {* Set if we have a locally maintained mtime value, rather than
+. getting it from the file each time. *}
+. boolean mtime_set;
+.
+. {* File modified time, if mtime_set is true. *}
+. long mtime;
+.
+. {* Reserved for an unimplemented file locking extension. *}
+. int ifd;
+.
+. {* The format which belongs to the BFD. (object, core, etc.) *}
+. bfd_format format;
+.
+. {* The direction with which the BFD was opened. *}
+. enum bfd_direction
+. {
+. no_direction = 0,
+. read_direction = 1,
+. write_direction = 2,
+. both_direction = 3
+. }
+. direction;
+.
+. {* Format_specific flags. *}
+. flagword flags;
+.
+. {* Currently my_archive is tested before adding origin to
+. anything. I believe that this can become always an add of
+. origin, with origin set to 0 for non archive files. *}
+. ufile_ptr origin;
+.
+. {* Remember when output has begun, to stop strange things
+. from happening. *}
+. boolean output_has_begun;
+.
+. {* A hash table for section names. *}
+. struct bfd_hash_table section_htab;
+.
+. {* Pointer to linked list of sections. *}
+. struct sec *sections;
+.
+. {* The place where we add to the section list. *}
+. struct sec **section_tail;
+.
+. {* The number of sections. *}
+. unsigned int section_count;
+.
+. {* Stuff only useful for object files:
+. The start address. *}
+. bfd_vma start_address;
+.
+. {* Used for input and output. *}
+. unsigned int symcount;
+.
+. {* Symbol table for output BFD (with symcount entries). *}
+. struct symbol_cache_entry **outsymbols;
+.
+. {* Pointer to structure which contains architecture information. *}
+. const struct bfd_arch_info *arch_info;
+.
+. {* Stuff only useful for archives. *}
+. PTR arelt_data;
+. struct _bfd *my_archive; {* The containing archive BFD. *}
+. struct _bfd *next; {* The next BFD in the archive. *}
+. struct _bfd *archive_head; {* The first BFD in the archive. *}
+. boolean has_armap;