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.Dd March 31, 2010
.Dt DWARF_DIENAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dwarf_diename
.Nd retrieve the name associated with a debugging information entry
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libdwarf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libdwarf.h
.Ft int
.Fn dwarf_diename "Dwarf_Die die" "char **ret_name" "Dwarf_Error *err"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn dwarf_diename
retrieves a pointer to the NUL-terminated string associated with the
.Dv DW_AT_name
attribute of the debugging information entry descriptor referenced by
argument
.Ar die .
If the pointer was successfully retrieved, it is stored in the location
pointed to by argument
.Ar ret_name .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Function
.Fn dwarf_diename
returns
.Dv DW_DLV_OK
on success.
.Pp
If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
.Ar die
does not contain a
.Dv DW_AT_name
attribute, the function returns
.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
and sets argument
.Ar err .
For other errors, it returns
.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
and sets argument
.Ar err .
.Sh ERRORS
Function
.Fn dwarf_diename
can fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
Either of arguments
.Ar die
or
.Ar ret_name
was NULL.
.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
Argument
.Ar die
had no
.Dv DW_AT_name
attribute.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dwarf 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_die_abbrev_code 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_dieoffset 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_tag 3