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$Id: dwarf_formstring.3 3640 2018-10-14 14:09:13Z jkoshy $

.Dd July 24, 2010 .Dt DWARF_FORMSTRING 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm dwarf_formstring .Nd return the value of a STRING class attribute .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libdwarf .Sh SYNOPSIS n libdwarf.h .Ft int .Fo dwarf_formstring .Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr" .Fa "char **ret" .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION Function .Fn dwarf_formstring sets the location pointed to by argument .Ar ret to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string containing the value of the attribute referenced by argument .Ar attr . The form of argument .Ar attr must be one of .Dv DW_FORM_string or .Dv DW_FORM_strp .

p If argument .Ar err is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error. .Ss Memory Management The memory area referenced by the returned pointer is managed by the DWARF(3) library. The application should not attempt to directly free this memory area. .Sh RETURN VALUES Function .Fn dwarf_formstring returns .Dv DW_DLV_OK on success. In case of an error, it returns .Dv DW_DLV_ERROR and sets argument .Ar err . .Sh ERRORS Function .Fn dwarf_formstring may fail with the following errors: l -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD" t Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT Either of arguments .Ar attr or .Ar ret was NULL. t Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD The attribute referenced by argument .Ar attr was not of a permitted kind. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr dwarf 3 , .Xr dwarf_attr 3 , .Xr dwarf_formblock 3 , .Xr dwarf_formref 3 , .Xr dwarf_formsdata 3 , .Xr dwarf_formsig8 3 , .Xr dwarf_formudata 3 , .Xr dwarf_hasattr 3