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27.Dd September 25, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_VENDOR_EXT 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_vendor_ext
32.Nd add vendor-specific macro information to a DWARF producer instance
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft "int"
38.Fo dwarf_vendor_ext
39.Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned constant"
41.Fa "char *string"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Function
46.Fn dwarf_vendor_ext
47adds a vendor-specific macro information entry to a DWARF producer
48instance.
49.Pp
50Argument
51.Ar dbg
52should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
53.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
54or
55.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
56.Pp
57Argument
58.Ar constant
59specifies a constant value for the macro information entry.
60.Pp
61Argument
62.Ar string
63point to a NUL-terminated string containing the string value
64for the macro information entry.
65.Pp
66If argument
67.Ar err
68is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
69error.
70.Pp
71The meaning of the arguments
72.Ar constant
73and
74.Ar string
75are not defined by the DWARF specification, but are instead governed
76by application and vendor conventions.
77.Sh RETURN VALUES
78On success, function
79.Fn dwarf_vendor_ext
80returns
81.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
82In case of an error, function
83.Fn dwarf_vendor_ext
84returns
85.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
86and sets the argument
87.Ar err .
88.Sh ERRORS
89Function
90.Fn dwarf_vendor_ext
91can fail with:
92.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
93.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
94Either arguments
95.Ar dbg
96or
97.Ar string
98was NULL.
99.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
100An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
101function.
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr dwarf 3 ,
105.Xr dwarf_def_macro 3 ,
106.Xr dwarf_end_macro_file 3 ,
107.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
108.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 ,
109.Xr dwarf_start_macro_file 3 ,
110.Xr dwarf_undef_macro 3
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