The type `ida_hexrays.DecompilationFailure` is still present (but is a dummy) because otherwise scripts might break. It is never thrown anymore.
Note that `vds_xrefs.py` still need the `str(cfunc))` kludge, because of a caveat in when/how the decompiler actually updates the global xrefs cache. This will be fixed in the next IDA minor release
In addition, this commit introduces the notion of a typemap to convert form an `ea_t` to a `func_t *` for the `decompile()` call, but doesn't generalize its use.
Since this is a relatively far-ranging change, this will only be introduced in the next IDA minor release as well.
Specifically:
BUGFIX: IDAPython's choose.choose() was broken.
BUGFIX: calling idaapi.del_hotkey() twice with the same argument could crash IDA.
BUGFIX: IDAPython's IDC emulation of idc.GetTevRegMem() was not working.
BUGFIX: IDAPython: execute_ui_requests() could crash IDA.
BUGFIX: IDAPython: IDP_Hooks instances could prevent the decompiler from working properly
What's new:
- added the decompiler bindings
- Expose simpleline_t type to IDAPython. That lets the user to set the bgcolor & text for each line in the decompilation.
- Wrapped new functions from the IDA SDK
Various fixes:
for non-code locations, idc.GetOpnd() would create instructions instead of returning empty result
- idb_event::area_cmt_changed was never received in IDB_Hooks (and descendants)
- idb_event::ti_changed, and idb_event::op_ti_changed notifications were not accessible in IDAPython
- op_t.value was truncated to 32 bits under IDA64.
- print_tinfo() wouldn't return a valid string.
- readsel2() was not usable.
- read_selection() was buggy for 64-bit programs.
- StructMembers() considered holes in structures, and didn't properly iterate through the whole structure definition.
- There was no way to call calc_switch_cases() from IDAPython.
- when using multi-select/multi-edit choosers, erroneous event codes could be sent at beginning & end of batch deletion of lines.
- When, in a PluginForm#OnCreate, the layout of IDA was requested to change (for example by starting a debugging session), that PluginForm could be deleted and create an access violation.
- tinfo_t objects created from IDAPython could cause an assertion failure at exit time.
- Usage of IDAPython's DropdownListControl was broken.
What's new:
- Proper multi-threaded support
- Better PyObject reference counting with ref_t and newref_t helper classes
- Improved the pywraps/deployment script
- Added IDAViewWrapper class and example
- Added idc.GetDisasmEx()
- Added idc.AddSegEx()
- Added idc.GetLocalTinfo()
- Added idc.ApplyType()
- Updated type information implementation
- Introduced the idaapi.require() - see http://www.hexblog.com/?p=749
- set REMOVE_CWD_SYS_PATH=1 by default in python.cfg (remove current directory from the import search path).
Various bugfixes:
- fixed various memory leaks
- asklong/askaddr/asksel (and corresponding idc.py functions) were returning results truncated to 32 bits in IDA64
- fix wrong documentation for idc.SizeOf
- GetFloat/GetDouble functions did not take into account endianness of the processor
- idaapi.NO_PROCESS was not defined, and was causing GetProcessPid() to fail
- idc.py: insert escape characters to string parameter when call Eval()
- idc.SaveFile/savefile were always overwriting an existing file instead of writing only the new data
- PluginForm.Close() wasn't passing its arguments to the delegate function, resulting in an error.
- added support for 'long' addresses
- updated copyright notice in hexrays.i
- added methods to remove or insert elements in the qlist<cinsn_t> list
- added support for ctree_visitor_t / ctree_parentee_t / cfunc_parentee_t / user_lvar_visitor_t
- updated vds3 sample
- added vds4 and vds7 python samples (ported from their C++ counter parts)
https://github.com/EiNSTeiN-/hexrays-python
- Added '--with-hexrays' switch to the build script so it wrap Hex-Rays Decompiler API
- Added one Hex-Rays decompiler sample: vds1.py
- The Functions() generator function now accepts function tail start parameter
- Added into idc.py: DbgRead/DbgWrite/SetTargetAssembler and stack pointer related functions
- Wrapped more type info related functions
- IDA Pro 6.2 support
- added set_idc_func_ex(): it is now possible to add new IDC functions using Python
- added visit_patched_bytes() (see ex_patch.py)
- added support for the multiline text input control in the Form class
- added support for the editable/readonly dropdown list control in the Form class
- added execute_sync() to register a function call into the UI message queue
- added execute_ui_requests() / check ex_uirequests.py
- added add_hotkey() / del_hotkey() to bind Python methods to hotkeys
- added register_timer()/unregister_timer(). Check ex_timer.py
- added the IDC (Arrays) netnode manipulation layer into idc.py
- added idautils.Structs() and StructMembers() generator functions
- removed the "Run Python Statement" menu item. IDA now has a unified dialog.
Use RunPlugin("python", 0) to invoke it manually.
- better error messages for script plugins, loaders and processor modules
- bugfix: Dbg_Hooks.dbg_run_to() was receiving wrong input
- bugfix: A few Enum related functions were not properly working in idc.py
- bugfix: GetIdaDirectory() and GetProcessName() were broken in idc.py
- bugfix: idaapi.get_item_head() / idc.ItemHead() were not working
- added ui_term/ui_save/ui_saved/ui_get_ea_hint UI notifications
- added ph_get_operand_info() to retrieve operand information while debugging
- added PteDump.py script
- some code refactoring
- bugfix: idaapi.netnode.getblob() was limited to MAXSPECSIZE
- bugfix: idc.GetString()/idaapi.get_ascii_contents()/idautils.Strings() were limited to MAXSTR string length
- bugfix: idaapi.del_menu_item() was failing to delete some menu items
- bugfix: dbg_bpt was called instead of dbg_trace for a DBG_Hooks class implementation (old bug from 0.9.x)
- bugfix: Form.GetControlValue() was not working with numeric controls
- bugfix: SetBptCnd() was broken
- bugfix: idaapi.get_func_cmt() was memory leaking
Arnaud Diederen