NAME

dwarf_add_typename —

add information about a user-defined type to a DWARF producer instance

LIBRARY

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdwarf.h>

Dwarf_Unsigned
dwarf_add_typename(Dwarf_P_Debug dbg, Dwarf_P_Die die, char *name, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

Function dwarf_add_typename() adds information about a user-defined type to a DWARF producer instance.

Argument dbg should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using dwarf_producer_init(3) or dwarf_producer_init_b(3).

Argument die specifies the debugging information entry associated with the user-defined type.

Argument name should point to a NUL-terminated string containing the name of the user-defined type.

If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an error.

RETURN VALUES

On success, function dwarf_add_typename() returns a non-zero value. In case of an error, function dwarf_add_typename() returns 0 and sets the argument err.

ERRORS

Function dwarf_add_typename() can fail with:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]: One of the arguments dbg, die or name was NULL.
[DW_DLE_MEMORY]: An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the function.