+struct sym_match {
+ struct symbol *sym;
+ off_t so, eo;
+};
+
+/* Compare matched symbols as thus:
+ * - first, symbols that match exactly
+ * - then, alphabetical sort
+ */
+static int sym_rel_comp( const void *sym1, const void *sym2 )
+{
+ struct sym_match *s1 = *(struct sym_match **)sym1;
+ struct sym_match *s2 = *(struct sym_match **)sym2;
+ int l1, l2;
+
+ /* Exact match:
+ * - if matched length on symbol s1 is the length of that symbol,
+ * then this symbol should come first;
+ * - if matched length on symbol s2 is the length of that symbol,
+ * then this symbol should come first.
+ * Note: since the search can be a regexp, both symbols may match
+ * exactly; if this is the case, we can't decide which comes first,
+ * and we fallback to sorting alphabetically.
+ */
+ l1 = s1->eo - s1->so;
+ l2 = s2->eo - s2->so;
+ if (l1 == strlen(s1->sym->name) && l2 != strlen(s2->sym->name))
+ return -1;
+ if (l1 != strlen(s1->sym->name) && l2 == strlen(s2->sym->name))
+ return 1;
+
+ /* As a fallback, sort symbols alphabetically */
+ return strcmp(s1->sym->name, s2->sym->name);
+}
+