NAME

dwarf_whatattr — retrieve the attribute code for a DWARF attribute

LIBRARY

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdwarf.h>

int
dwarf_whatattr(Dwarf_Attribute attr, Dwarf_Half *retcode, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

Function dwarf_whatattr() retrieves the attribute code for the DWARF attribute referenced by argument attr, and writes it to the location pointed to by argument retcode. If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.

RETURN VALUES

On success, function dwarf_whatattr() returns DW_DLV_OK. In case of an error, it returns DW_DLV_ERROR and sets argument err.

ERRORS

Function dwarf_whatattr() can fail with the following error:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]

Either of argument attr or retcode was NULL.

SEE ALSO

dwarf(3), dwarf_attr(3), dwarf_hasattr(3)