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| author | KyleMiles <krm504@nyu.edu> | 2023-03-21 16:56:09 -0400 |
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| committer | KyleMiles <krm504@nyu.edu> | 2023-03-22 19:34:08 -0400 |
| commit | 9d761a52c55a052c67d7e895dcf0a5852a35fdca (patch) | |
| tree | 604c4107718df1b3970f24fefba07bd731cde22a /docs/dev/concepts.md | |
| parent | 87b596717e0cf990e69f1badc079a0eca087bb4c (diff) | |
Tags refactor
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diff --git a/docs/dev/concepts.md b/docs/dev/concepts.md index bc76bb22..5f839799 100644 --- a/docs/dev/concepts.md +++ b/docs/dev/concepts.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ APIs that query these mappings are plural. So for example, while `current_hlil.l ## Operating on IL versus Native -Generally speaking, scripts should operate on ILs. The available information far surpasses the native addresses and querying properties and using APIs almost always beats directly manipulating bytes. However, when it comes time to change the binary, there are some operations that can only be done at a simple virtual address. So for example, the [comment](https://api.binary.ninja/binaryninja.binaryview-module.html#binaryninja.binaryview.BinaryView.set_comment_at) or [tag](https://api.binary.ninja/binaryninja.binaryview-module.html#binaryninja.binaryview.BinaryView.add_user_data_tag) APIs (among others) work off of native addressing irrespective of IL level. +Generally speaking, scripts should operate on ILs. The available information far surpasses the native addresses and querying properties and using APIs almost always beats directly manipulating bytes. However, when it comes time to change the binary, there are some operations that can only be done at a simple virtual address. So for example, the [comment](https://api.binary.ninja/binaryninja.binaryview-module.html#binaryninja.binaryview.BinaryView.set_comment_at) or [tag](https://api.binary.ninja/binaryninja.binaryview-module.html#binaryninja.binaryview.BinaryView.add_tag) APIs (among others) work off of native addressing irrespective of IL level. ## Instruction Index vs Expression Index |