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27 .\" Id: dwarf_formexprloc.3 2073 2011-10-27 03:30:47Z jkoshy
31 .Dt DWARF_FORMEXPRLOC 3
34 .Nd return information about a location expression
41 .Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr"
42 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *retlen"
43 .Fa "Dwarf_Ptr *retexpr"
44 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
49 allows an application to retrieve the length and the bytes of a
50 DWARF location expression.
54 should reference a DWARF attribute of the form
58 should point to a location that will be set to the length of the
62 should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to the
63 content of the location expression itself.
67 is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case
70 The application should not attempt to free the memory
71 area referenced by the pointer returned in argument
79 In case of an error, it returns
86 may fail with the following errors:
87 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD"
88 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
95 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD
96 The attribute referenced by argument
104 .Xr dwarf_formblock 3 ,
105 .Xr dwarf_formflag 3 ,
106 .Xr dwarf_formref 3 ,
107 .Xr dwarf_formsdata 3 ,
108 .Xr dwarf_formsig8 3 ,
109 .Xr dwarf_formstring 3 ,
110 .Xr dwarf_formudata 3 ,