Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Search Enhancements 2
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Component: UI
Effort: Medium
Impact: High
UI: Filter
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
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Description
We have made some enhancements to the search, and closed issue https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/1969. However, we still have some other enhancements possible and this issue tracks them.
- Improve speed of text and constant search
- Regex search
- Wildcard support for hex search (also in https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/2787)
- Find text runs on main thread https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/3059
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the remaining unchecked items in this issue, especially the linked issues 1969 and 3059, along with the related wildcard-search issue 2787. The issue does not name implementation files or tests; completion would require addressing the remaining search-speed and main-thread text-run work and updating the checklist.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100