resolveSymbol
resolveSymbol is a function commonly found in programming language interpreters, compilers, and linkers. Its primary purpose is to take a symbol, which is an identifier for a variable, function, or other named entity, and determine its actual location or definition within a program's scope or across multiple code modules. When code refers to a symbol, the system needs to know where that symbol's value or code resides. resolveSymbol performs this crucial lookup.
The process of resolving a symbol typically involves searching through various symbol tables. These tables store
In compiled languages, symbol resolution is a key part of the linking stage, where references to functions