microsoft / microsoft/litebox

Migrate away from iced-x86

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Description

iced-x86 is x86/x86_64-only. Additionally, we've hit a few issues in it (see #697 & #921). For additional details and some reasoning around linear vs recursive etc., see https://github.com/microsoft/litebox/issues/500#issuecomment-3598462302

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading issues #697 and #921, then follow the linked LiteBox discussion for the reasoning about linear versus recursive approaches. Identify where iced-x86 is used and determine the replacement and migration scope. Done means the project no longer depends on iced-x86 while retaining the required architecture-related behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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