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29.Dd May 22, 2010
30.Dt DWARF_WHATATTR 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_whatattr
34.Nd retrieve the attribute code for a DWARF attribute
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_whatattr
41.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Half *retcode"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Function
47.Fn dwarf_whatattr
48retrieves the attribute code for the DWARF attribute referenced
49by argument
50.Fa attr ,
51and writes it to the location pointed to by argument
52.Fa retcode .
53If argument
54.Fa err
55is not
56.Dv NULL ,
57it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59On success, function
60.Fn dwarf_whatattr
61returns
62.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
63In case of an error, it returns
64.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
65and sets argument
66.Fa err .
67.Sh ERRORS
68Function
69.Fn dwarf_whatattr
70can fail with the following error:
71.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
72.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
73Either of argument
74.Va attr
75or
76.Va retcode
77was
78.Dv NULL .
79.El
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr dwarf 3 ,
82.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
83.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3
84