.o files in namelist

[Ron Stanonik]

Why does the namelist include the names of the .o files making
up the object?  For example, nm an unstripped program and you'll
see entries such as:

	00000d88 t ioctl.o
	00000d64 t isatty.o
	00000d98 t malloc.o
	00000068 t printf.o
	000010a0 t sbrk.o
	00000000 T start
	00000054 t test.o
	000010d0 t write.o

Are these just to record which files made up the object?  Do any
programs depend upon this information?

Thanks,

Ron Stanonik
stanonik at nprdc.navy.mil