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### 8.8 The ‘`@`’ Type Descriptor

The ‘`@`’ type descriptor is used for a pointer-to-non-static-member-data type. It is followed by type information for the class (or union), a comma, and type information for the member data.

The following C`++` source:

    typedef int A::*int_in_a;

generates the following stab:

    .stabs "int_in_a:t20=21=@19,1",128,0,0,0

Note that there is a conflict between this and type attributes (see String Field); both use type descriptor ‘`@`’. Fortunately, the ‘`@`’ type descriptor used in this C`++` sense always will be followed by a digit, ‘`(`’, or ‘`-`’, and type attributes never start with those things.