explorer: refactor code
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enhancement
ida-explorer
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
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- Forks
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- Avg merge
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Description
capa explorer is due for a code refactor, some of the files are getting too large to remain a single file.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the capa explorer implementation and identifying which files have become too large. Determine a maintainable split for those files, then verify that the explorer still identifies capabilities in executable files without regressions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100