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While trying to decompile an application with Hex-Ray 7.0, I stumbled upon the problem that in nearly all cases, what seems to be a certain inline function will not be recognised, which bloats the code base and makes it really hard to read. The function seems to be strcpy or something similar. Is there a way to have the Decompiler change the mentioned parts to an inline function? Or can I do it manually somehow? Here's a screenshot to illustrate my issue:

Thanks a lot in advance!

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  • That's strcpy or strcat. Hexrays doesn't seem to recognize it in some compilers (I used to see this in very old Watcom executables, it recognizes it fine in most MSVC binaries).
    – Ray
    Commented Oct 13, 2023 at 21:28

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That's extremely common. Sometimes Hex-Rays recognizes these patterns, sometimes it doesn't. Get used to recognizing them visually, writing a comment if necessary, and moving on.

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