Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Improved Default Type Libraries

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Component: Type Libraries Effort: High Impact: High
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Description

One of the biggest things that can affect our analysis is not starting with types we should know because they're provided by the platform's SDK or are common to a language runtime (e.g. libc). We need to make a concerted effort to update our type libraries to provide these types by default. This issue is intended to track all of the type libraries we don't currently ship by default (or do, but have issues/need updated). This issue is not intended to track more general type library improvements. That ticket is #3687.

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start with the issue description and compare its scope with #3687, then identify the missing or outdated default type libraries; the work is done when the platform and common runtime libraries in scope are provided by default.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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