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.Dd January 18, 2014
.Os
.Dt DWARF_ATTRVAL_SIGNED 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm dwarf_attrval_flag ,
.Nm dwarf_attrval_signed ,
.Nm dwarf_attrval_string ,
.Nm dwarf_attrval_unsigned
.Nd retrieve the value of an attribute within a DWARF debugging information entry
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libdwarf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libdwarf.h
.Ft int
.Fo dwarf_attrval_flag
.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
.Fa "Dwarf_Half attr"
.Fa "Dwarf_Bool *ret"
.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo dwarf_attrval_signed
.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
.Fa "Dwarf_Half attr"
.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *ret"
.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo dwarf_attrval_string
.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
.Fa "Dwarf_Half attr"
.Fa "const char **ret"
.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo dwarf_attrval_unsigned
.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
.Fa "Dwarf_Half attr"
.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *ret"
.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions search the debugging information entry referenced
by argument
.Ar die
for the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr .
If the named attribute is found, the functions set the location
pointed to by argument
.Ar ret
to the value of the attribute.
The argument
.Ar err ,
if non NULL,
will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.
.Pp
Function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_flag
sets the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret
to either 0 or 1. If the form of the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr
is
.Dv DW_FORM_flag ,
function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_flag
sets the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret
to 1 if the attribute has a non-zero value, or to 0 otherwise.
If the form of the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr
is
.Dv DW_FORM_flag_present ,
function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_flag
unconditionally sets the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret
to 1.
The form of the attribute must be one of
.Dv DW_FORM_flag
or
.Dv DW_FORM_flag_present .
.Pp
Function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_signed
stores the value for the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr ,
into the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret .
The attribute's value is treated as a signed integral quantity and is
sign-extended as needed.
The attribute named by the argument
.Ar attr
must belong to the
.Dv CONSTANT
class and must have one of the following forms:
.Dv DW_FORM_data1 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data2 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data4 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data8
or
.Dv DW_FORM_sdata .
.Pp
Function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_string
sets the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret
to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string that is the value of the
attribute named by argument
.Ar attr .
The form of the attribute must be one of
.Dv DW_FORM_string
or
.Dv DW_FORM_strp .
.Pp
Function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_unsigned
stores the value for the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr
into the location pointed to by argument
.Ar ret .
The attribute's value is treated as an unsigned integral quantity, and
is zero-extended as needed.
The named attribute must belong to one of the
.Dv CONSTANT ,
.Dv ADDRESS
or
.Dv REFERENCE
classes and must have one of the following forms:
.Dv DW_FORM_addr ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data1 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data2 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data4 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_data8 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_udata ,
.Dv DW_FORM_ref1 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_ref2 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_ref4 ,
.Dv DW_FORM_ref8 ,
or
.Dv DW_FORM_ref_udata .
.Pp
If the attribute named by argument
.Ar attr
is not present in the debugging information entry referenced by
argument
.Ar die ,
and if a
.Dv DW_AT_abstract_origin
attribute is present in the debugging information entry,
function
.Fn dwarf_attrval_unsigned
will search for the named attribute in the debugging information entry
referenced by the
.Dv DW_AT_abstract_origin
attribute.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions returns
.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
If the named attribute was not found in the specified debugging
information entry descriptor these functions return
.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
and set argument
.Ar err .
For other errors, these functions return
.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
and set argument
.Ar err .
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
These functions are extensions added by this implementation of the
DWARF(3) API.
.Sh ERRORS
These functions may fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD"
.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
Either of the arguments
.Va die
or
.Va ret
was NULL.
.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
Argument
.Ar die
did not contain an attribute corresponding to the value in argument
.Ar attr .
.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD
The attribute named by argument
.Ar attr
was not of a permitted form.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dwarf 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3