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29.Dd June 21, 2010
30.Dt DWARF_FORMFLAG 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_formflag
34.Nd return the value of a BOOLEAN class attribute
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_formflag
41.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Bool *ret"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Function
47.Fn dwarf_formflag
48sets the location pointed to by argument
49.Fa ret
50to 1 if the attribute referenced by argument
51.Fa attr
52has a non-zero value, or 0 otherwise.
53The form of argument
54.Fa attr
55must be one of
56.Dv DW_FORM_flag
57or
58.Dv DW_FORM_flag_present .
59.Pp
60If argument
61.Fa err
62is not
63.Dv NULL ,
64it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.
65.Sh RETURN VALUES
66Function
67.Fn dwarf_formflag
68returns
69.Dv DW_DLV_OK
70on success.
71In case of an error, it returns
72.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
73and sets argument
74.Fa err .
75.Sh ERRORS
76Function
77.Fn dwarf_formflag
78may fail with the following errors:
79.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD"
80.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
81Either of arguments
82.Fa attr
83or
84.Fa ret
85was
86.Dv NULL .
87.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD
88The attribute referenced by argument
89.Fa attr
90was not of a permitted kind.
91.El
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr dwarf 3 ,
94.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
95.Xr dwarf_formblock 3 ,
96.Xr dwarf_formref 3 ,
97.Xr dwarf_formsdata 3 ,
98.Xr dwarf_formsig8 3 ,
99.Xr dwarf_formstring 3 ,
100.Xr dwarf_formudata 3 ,
101.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3
102