add warnings for duplicate symbols

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python/binaryview.py b/python/binaryview.py
index 042c08f5..09537a16 100644
--- a/python/binaryview.py
+++ b/python/binaryview.py
@@ -2145,6 +2145,8 @@ class BinaryView(object):
 		"""
 		``define_auto_symbol`` adds a symbol to the internal list of automatically discovered Symbol objects.
 
+		.. warning:: If multiple symbols for the same address are defined, only the most recent symbol will ever be used.
+
 		:param Symbol sym: the symbol to define
 		:rtype: None
 		"""
@@ -2154,6 +2156,8 @@ class BinaryView(object):
 		"""
 		``define_auto_symbol_and_var_or_function``
 
+		.. warning:: If multiple symbols for the same address are defined, only the most recent symbol will ever be used.
+
 		:param Symbol sym: the symbol to define
 		:param SymbolType sym_type: Type of symbol being defined
 		:param Platform plat: (optional) platform
@@ -2180,6 +2184,8 @@ class BinaryView(object):
 		"""
 		``define_user_symbol`` adds a symbol to the internal list of user added Symbol objects.
 
+		.. warning:: If multiple symbols for the same address are defined, only the most recent symbol will ever be used.
+
 		:param Symbol sym: the symbol to define
 		:rtype: None
 		"""