工具接口标准(TIS)可执行链接格式(ELF)规范-卷I-字符串表（String Table）

本文是对Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification Version 1.2的翻译
工具接口标准(TIS)可执行链接格式(ELF)规范版本 1.2

翻译以中英对照方式，英语水品有限，如有翻译不当的地方，请谅解。

String Table
字符串表
This section describes the default string table. String table sections hold null-terminated character sequences, commonly called strings. The object file uses these strings to represent symbol and section names. One references a string as an index into the string table section. The first byte, which is index zero, is defined to hold a null character. Likewise, a string table's last byte is defined to hold a null character, ensuring null termination for all strings. A string whose index is zero specifies either no name or a null name, depending on the context. An empty string table section is permitted; its section header's sh_size member would contain zero. Non-zero indexes are invalid for an empty string table.
本分节描述默认的字符串表。字符串表分节包含一终结符结束的字符序列，通常被称为字符串。对象文件使用这些字符串来表示符号和分节名。对字符串的引用通过索引来定位到字符串表节中。索引为0的第一个字节被定义为终结符。同样，字符串表的最后一个字节也被定义为终结符，确保所有字符串都能够被终结。索引为0的字符串表示没有名字或名字为空，依赖于内容一个空字符串表分节是被允许的；其分节头中的sh_size成员为0。对于空字符串表，非0索引是无效的
A section header's sh_name member holds an index into the section header string table section, as designated by the e_shstrndx member of the ELF header. The following figures show a string table with 25 bytes and the strings associated with various indexes.
一个分节头的sh_name成员包含一个位于分节头字符串表分节中的索引，分节头字符串表分节是ELF头中e_shstrndx成员指定的分节。接下来的图表示了一个25字节的字符串表以及关联了不同索引的字符串。

Index	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9
0	\0	n	a	m	e	.	\0	V	a	r
10	i	a	b	l	e	\0	a	b	l	e
20	\0	\0	x	x	\0

Figure 1-14. String Table Indexes
图1-14.符号表索引

索引（Index）	字符串（String）
0	none
1	name
7	Variable
11	able
16	able
24	null string

As the example shows, a string table index may refer to any byte in the section. A string may appear more than once; references to substrings may exist; and a single string may be referenced multiple times. Unreferenced strings also are allowed.
就像例子中显示的，一个字符串表索引可能涉及分节中的任何字节。一个字符串可能不止一次出现；可能存在引用子字符串的情况；以及一个单独字符串可能被引用多次。未引用的字符串也是被允许的。