Table F. 5 – Shared object hint table, header section

item

Size (bits)

Description

1

32

The object number of the first object in the shared objects section ( part 8 ).

2

32

The location of the first object in the shared objects section.

3

32

The number of shared object entries for the first page (including nonshared objects, as noted above).

4

32

The number of shared object entries for the shared objects section, including the number of shared object entries for the first page (that is, the value of item 3).

5

16

The number of bits needed to represent the greatest number of objects in a shared object group.

6

32

The least length of a shared object group in bytes.

7

16

The number of bits needed to represent the difference between the greatest and least length of a shared object group, in bytes.