Add support for COFF
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Description
PE has been added recently, but COFF can be a beast on its one. Some parts of PE could be reused, but it will still require quite some work.
It is also unclear how much has public information to effectively parse existing COFF files generated by MSVC/clang.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the repository's existing PE support and the public information available for COFF. Determine the requirements for parsing COFF files generated by MSVC and clang, then define what supported parsing should cover and validate it against representative files.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100