Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

[Rust API] Better return values for errors

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Since Jul 26, 2024.

Component: API Component: Rust API Effort: Medium Impact: Low
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Description

As it stands we just return Err(()) in a lot of places. We should replace all those with more informative errors.

See discussion in #2976, there's also a lot of related discussion lost to public slack history.

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