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27.Dd September 24, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_ADD_PUBNAME 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_add_pubname
32.Nd add information about a global object to a DWARF producer instance
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft "Dwarf_Unsigned"
38.Fo dwarf_add_pubname
39.Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
40.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die die"
41.Fa "char *name"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Function
46.Fn dwarf_add_pubname
47adds information about a global object to a DWARF producer instance.
48.Pp
49Argument
50.Ar dbg
51should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
52.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
53or
54.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
55.Pp
56Argument
57.Ar die
58specifies the debugging information entry associated with the global
59object.
60.Pp
61Argument
62.Ar name
63should point to a NUL-terminated string containing the name
64of the global object.
65.Pp
66If argument
67.Ar err
68is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
69error.
70.Sh RETURN VALUES
71On success, function
72.Fn dwarf_add_pubname
73returns a non-zero value.
74In case of an error, function
75.Fn dwarf_add_pubname
76returns 0 and sets
77the argument
78.Ar err .
79.Sh ERRORS
80Function
81.Fn dwarf_add_pubname
82can fail with:
83.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
84.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
85One of the arguments
86.Ar dbg ,
87.Ar die
88or
89.Ar name
90was NULL.
91.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
92An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
93function.
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr dwarf 3 ,
97.Xr dwarf_add_funcname 3 ,
98.Xr dwarf_add_typename 3 ,
99.Xr dwarf_add_varname 3 ,
100.Xr dwarf_add_weakname 3 ,
101.Xr dwarf_new_die 3 ,
102.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
103.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3
104