* stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only

within <>.
	(Structures): Document static members.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+	* stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
+	within <>.
+	(Structures): Document static members.
+
 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
 	* stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.

gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo

@@ -1648,8 +1648,9 @@ yet been defined.
 Another way is with the @samp{x} type descriptor, which is followed by
 @samp{s} for a structure tag, @samp{u} for a union tag, or @samp{e} for
 a enumerator tag, followed by the name of the tag, followed by @samp{:}.
-The name can contain @samp{::}---only a single @samp{:} ends the name;
+If the name contains @samp{::} between a @samp{<} and @samp{>} pair (for
-see @ref{Nested Symbols}.
+C++ templates), such a @samp{::} does not end the name---only a single
+@samp{:} ends the name; see @ref{Nested Symbols}.
 
 For example, the following C declarations:
 
@@ -1932,6 +1933,15 @@ The @code{s_next} field is a pointer to the same kind of structure that
 the field is an element of.  So the definition of structure type 16
 contains a type definition for an element which is a pointer to type 16.
 
+If a field is a static member (this is a C++ feature in which a single
+variable appears to be a field of every structure of a given type) it
+still starts out with the field name, a colon, and the type, but then
+instead of a comma, bit position, comma, and bit size, there is a colon
+followed by the name of the variable which each such field refers to.
+
+If the structure has methods (a C++ feature), they follow the non-method
+fields; see @ref{Cplusplus}.
+
 @node Typedefs
 @section Giving a Type a Name