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29 .Dt DWARF_ADD_AT_LOCATION_EXPR 3
31 .Nm dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
32 .Nd create an attribute descriptor for a location expression
37 .Ft "Dwarf_P_Attribute"
38 .Fo dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
39 .Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
42 .Fa "Dwarf_P_Expr loc_expr"
43 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
47 .Fn dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
48 creates an attribute descriptor for a location expression and attaches
49 it to the debugging information entry referenced by argument
54 should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
55 .Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
57 .Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
61 should reference a debugging information entry allocated using
66 specifies the attribute code of the created attribute descriptor.
70 should reference a location expression descriptor allocated using
71 .Xr dwarf_new_expr 3 .
73 The attribute created by function
74 .Fn dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
75 will have one of the DWARF forms
81 depending on the size of the byte stream generated by the location
82 expression descriptor referenced by argument
87 is not NULL, it will be used by to store error information in case of
91 .Fn dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
92 returns the created attribute descriptor.
93 In case of an error, function
94 .Fn dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
101 .Fn dwarf_add_AT_location_expr
103 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
104 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
111 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
112 An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
117 .Xr dwarf_new_die 3 ,
118 .Xr dwarf_new_expr 3 ,
119 .Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
120 .Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3