[#absl-InitializeSymbolizer]
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Initializes the program counter symbolizer, given the path of the program (typically obtained through `main()`s `argv[0]`). The Abseil symbolizer allows you to read program counters (instruction pointer values) using their human‐readable names within output such as stack traces.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/debugging/symbolize.h>`

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void
InitializeSymbolizer(char const* argv0);
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== Description

Example:

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { absl::InitializeSymbolizer(argv[0]); // Now you can use the symbolizer }

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *argv0*
| Path of the running program, typically `argv[0]` from `main()`.
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