Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Option to use terse names for integer/float types
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Description
What is the feature you'd like to have?
It would be nice if there was a way to use names like u32 (uint32_t), f32 (float), etc.
Terse builtin type names like these are becoming increasingly popular in newer programming languages (Rust, Zig, others I can't remember off the top of my head) and are much more ergonomic. The underscore in integer type names is particularly unfortunate.
Is your feature request related to a problem?
Just ergonomics.
Are any alternative solutions acceptable?
It's possible to create typedefs to roughly emulate this feature, but the canonical type names in BN are still the C-like names.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the public API's canonical integer and floating-point type definitions, then determine how type names are represented and exposed. The work is done when a documented, agreed design supports terse names such as u32 and f32 without relying on user-defined typedefs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools, reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100