--- a/absyntax_utils/absyntax_utils.cc	Tue Jun 05 11:10:12 2012 +0200
+++ b/absyntax_utils/absyntax_utils.cc	Tue Jun 05 19:17:29 2012 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <string.h>  /* required for strlen() */
 #include <stdlib.h>  /* required for atoi() */
+#include <errno.h>   /* required for errno */
 
 #include "../util/symtable.hh"
 #include "../util/dsymtable.hh"
@@ -115,6 +116,22 @@
   return atoll(str.c_str());
 }
 
+uint64_t extract_hex_value(symbol_c *sym) {
+	std::string str = "";
+	char *endptr;
+	hex_integer_c * hex_integer;
+	uint64_t ret;
+
+    if ((hex_integer = dynamic_cast<hex_integer_c *>(sym)) == NULL) ERROR;
+    for(unsigned int i = 3; i < strlen(hex_integer->value); i++)
+    	if (hex_integer->value[i] != '_') str += hex_integer->value[i];
+    errno = 0;    /* To distinguish success/failure after call */
+    ret = strtol(str.c_str(), &endptr, 16);
+    if (errno != 0) ERROR;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 
 
 /***********************************************************************/