Architecture plugins no longer need to override the perform_* methods (you can now override get_instruction_info, not perform_get_instruction_info). The perform_* methods are now deprecated but will still function as expected. Added architecture hooks to Python API using this new style.

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diff --git a/python/examples/arch_hook.py b/python/examples/arch_hook.py
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+from binaryninja.architecture import Architecture, ArchitectureHook
+
+class X86ReturnHook(ArchitectureHook):
+    def get_instruction_text(self, data, addr):
+        # Call the original implementation's method by calling the superclass
+        result, length = super(X86ReturnHook, self).get_instruction_text(data, addr)
+
+        # Patch the name of the 'retn' instruction to 'ret'
+        if len(result) > 0 and result[0].text == 'retn':
+            result[0].text = 'ret'
+
+        return result, length
+
+# Install the hook by constructing it with the desired architecture to hook, then registering it
+X86ReturnHook(Architecture['x86']).register()
+