mandiant / mandiant/capa

type annotations for IDA plugin

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enhancement ida-explorer
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Description

the IDA plugin code does not have many type annotations because it was written before we migrated to using py3-style type annotations. for the same reasons we use type annotations elsewhere, we should consider adding type annotations to the IDA plugin source, too.

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Research direction

Locate the IDA plugin source and review how type annotations are applied elsewhere in capa. Identify the plugin modules and functions that lack py3-style annotations, then bring them into consistency with the rest of the project. Done means the IDA plugin source has the intended annotations without changing its behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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