Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
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Description
A problem we have now is that a type may exist in a type library and you wish to apply it in a reverse engineering session of a file that doesn't explicitly import that library. In that case you need to manually load the library but you don't always know which library provides that type!
One work-around is when a type doesn't exist in the type creation dialog, or when a search result for the type finds nothing, the user should be prompted to search all type libraries for the reference and warned that it may be slow.
Other solutions might be found. This is simply one proposed solution.
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Research direction
Start by examining the type creation dialog and type search behavior described in the issue. Determine how a missing type could trigger an all-library search with a slow-operation warning; the issue names no files or tests, and completion criteria remain open because it presents multiple possible solutions.
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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