# get\_flags

```
Get internal flags without MS_VAL and FF_IVL.
     ea - linear address
MS_VAL and FF_IVL may be expensive to retrieve when the debugger is active.
returns: 32-bit value of internal flags. See start of this file
for explanations.

long get_flags(long ea);
```


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