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diff --git a/libdw/libdw.h b/libdw/libdw.h
index ac43ad97..0ca88782 100644
--- a/libdw/libdw.h
+++ b/libdw/libdw.h
@@ -679,11 +679,15 @@ extern int dwarf_linediscriminator (Dwarf_Line *line, unsigned int *discp)
__nonnull_attribute__ (2);
-/* Find line information for address. */
+/* Find line information for address. The returned string is NULL when
+ an error occured, or the file path. The file path is either absolute
+ or relative to the compilation directory. See dwarf_decl_file. */
extern const char *dwarf_linesrc (Dwarf_Line *line,
Dwarf_Word *mtime, Dwarf_Word *length);
-/* Return file information. */
+/* Return file information. The returned string is NULL when
+ an error occured, or the file path. The file path is either absolute
+ or relative to the compilation directory. See dwarf_decl_file. */
extern const char *dwarf_filesrc (Dwarf_Files *file, size_t idx,
Dwarf_Word *mtime, Dwarf_Word *length);
@@ -855,7 +859,14 @@ extern ptrdiff_t dwarf_getfuncs (Dwarf_Die *cudie,
void *arg, ptrdiff_t offset);
-/* Return file name containing definition of the given declaration. */
+/* Return file name containing definition of the given declaration.
+ Of the DECL has an (indirect, see dwarf_attr_integrate) decl_file
+ attribute. The returned file path is either absolute, or relative
+ to the compilation directory. Given the decl DIE, the compilation
+ directory can be retrieved through:
+ dwarf_formstring (dwarf_attr (dwarf_diecu (decl, &cudie, NULL, NULL),
+ DW_AT_comp_dir, &attr));
+ Returns NULL if no decl_file could be found or an error occured. */
extern const char *dwarf_decl_file (Dwarf_Die *decl);
/* Get line number of beginning of given declaration. */