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27 .\" Id: dwarf_attr.3 2072 2011-10-27 03:26:49Z jkoshy
34 .Nd retrieve an attribute descriptor associated with a DWARF debugging information entry
43 .Fa "Dwarf_Attribute *atp"
44 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
49 retrieves the attribute descriptor for an attribute associated
50 with the DWARF debugging information entry descriptor in
54 DWARF attribute descriptors are represented by value of the opaque
62 names the desired DWARF attribute.
63 Legal values for argument
65 are those denoted by the
67 constants in the DWARF specification.
71 points to a location into which the returned attribute descriptor
73 The returned descriptor may then be passed to the form query functions in the
75 API set to access the data associated with the attribute.
79 is non-NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case
85 .Dv DW_DLV_OK on success.
87 If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
89 does not contain the named attribute, the function returns
93 For other errors, it returns
100 can fail with the following errors:
101 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
102 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
108 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
111 had no attribute corresponding to the value
117 .Xr dwarf_attrlist 3 ,
118 .Xr dwarf_hasattr 3 ,
119 .Xr dwarf_hasform 3 ,
120 .Xr dwarf_whatattr 3 ,