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I don't know why but I noticed, on some program I am reversing, that in a section named .bss, there functions and I can't find them through the regular search, why is that.

For example, I wanted to search for _mainScene but it found me only one functioned named newMainScene:
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A friend show me that I can search with Shift+4 in IDA for the names in .bss.

I don't know why but I noticed, on some program I am reversing, that in a section named .bss, there functions and I can't find them through the regular search, why is that.

For example, I wanted to search for _mainScene but it found me only one functioned named newMainScene:
enter image description here

I don't know why but I noticed, on some program I am reversing, that in a section named .bss, there functions and I can't find them through the regular search, why is that.

For example, I wanted to search for _mainScene but it found me only one functioned named newMainScene:
enter image description here

EDIT:
A friend show me that I can search with Shift+4 in IDA for the names in .bss.

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E235
E235
  • 583
  • 8
  • 25

Why some functions in IDA can't be searched

I don't know why but I noticed, on some program I am reversing, that in a section named .bss, there functions and I can't find them through the regular search, why is that.

For example, I wanted to search for _mainScene but it found me only one functioned named newMainScene:
enter image description here