Support syncing a view with the value of an expression
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Description
People wish to be able to sync the hex/linear view with the value of a registry, commonly rsp or rbp. We can extend this to the value of any expressions since the value of a register can already be evaluated as an expression.
I am not sure the best route to implement this. Right now the debugger is using BN native views, and these do not have the ability to sync with a value. Subclassing these might be the best approach, but I am not sure how easy/difficult it is.
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Research direction
Start by examining how the debugger currently creates BN native hex and linear views, then trace how register values are evaluated as expressions. Compare the available view APIs with the proposed subclassing approach. Done means a hex or linear view can sync with the value of an arbitrary expression, including rsp or rbp.
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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
- 25/100