I am familiar with debuggers and sorts. I was going through a program and noticed that IDA does make some mistakes on what it decides what on its pseudo code will be.

Is there a list of common mistakes by IDA and do you think that it would be possible to get something to a compilable source?

I thought I would test it out on some programs and one thing weird I noticed is that it will do:

v1 = thiscall();

Where as in source I just have the thiscall();.

I also noticed that it bloats a lot of things which is from the assembly itself.

So my questions are:

• Is there a list of common IDA mistakes ?
• Can once I have worked back fairly close to source will IDA produce a header file ?
• Is it possible to get back to a source that I could at least compile code from?

Its looking like I might be able to providing if I knew the libraries and outline of the program well. Let me know what your thoughts and experiences from using IDA on this subject.

I am familiar with debuggers and sorts. I was going through a program and noticed that IDA does make some mistakes on what it decides what on its pseudo code will be.

Is there a list of common mistakes by IDA and do you think that it would be possible to get something to a compilable source?

I thought I would test it out on some programs and one thing weird I noticed is that it will do:

v1 = thiscall();

Where as in source I just have the thiscall();.

I also noticed that it bloats a lot of things which is from the assembly itself.

So my questions are:

• Is there a list of common IDA mistakes ?
• Can once I have worked back fairly close to source will IDA produce a header file ?
• Is it possible to get back to a source that I could at least compile code from?

Its looking like I might be able to providing if I knew the libraries and outline of the program well. Let me know what your thoughts and experiences from using IDA on this subject.

Edit: I found a project that actually did this. All functions are byte for byte in 100% accuracy. So yes my past self, it is indeed possible. https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution

I am familiar with debuggers and sorts  . I was going through a program and noticed that IDA does make some mistakes on what it decides what on its pseudo code will be  . I am curious is there a list of common mistakes by IDA and do you think that it would be possible to get something to a compilable source?

I thought I would test it out on some programs and one thing weird I noticed is that it will do

v1 = thiscall();
Where as in source I just have the thiscall();

I also noticed that it bloats a lot of things which is from the assembly itself

So my questions are: Is there a list of common IDA mistakes?
Can once I have worked back fairly close to source will IDA produce a header file?
Is it possible to get back to a source that I could at least compile code from?

Its looking like I might be able to providing if I knew the libraries and outline of the program well.

  Let me know what your thoughts and experiences from using IDA on this subject. Thanks!

I am familiar with debuggers and sorts. I was going through a program and noticed that IDA does make some mistakes on what it decides what on its pseudo code will be.

Is there a list of common mistakes by IDA and do you think that it would be possible to get something to a compilable source?

I thought I would test it out on some programs and one thing weird I noticed is that it will do:

v1 = thiscall();

Where as in source I just have the thiscall();.

I also noticed that it bloats a lot of things which is from the assembly itself.

So my questions are:

• Is there a list of common IDA mistakes ?
• Can once I have worked back fairly close to source will IDA produce a header file ?
• Is it possible to get back to a source that I could at least compile code from?

Its looking like I might be able to providing if I knew the libraries and outline of the program well. Let me know what your thoughts and experiences from using IDA on this subject.