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          • get_enum_member_cmt
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          • get_member_name
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          • get_segm_start
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          • Trace file functions
          • get_enum_member_value
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          • get_fixup_target_dis
          • set_cmt
          • add_entry
          • set_segm_addressing
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          • get_source_linnum
          • fputc
          • resume_thread
          • get_func_attr
          • get_first_enum_member
          • add_sourcefile
          • get_first_bmask
          • read_selection_start
          • hasattr
          • get_member_cmt
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          • get_array_element
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          • add_segm_ex
          • Not enough memory available to complete operation.
          • Local types information and manipulation helpers
          • set_source_linnum
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          • loader_input_t.readbytes
          • set_array_params
          • jumpto
          • get_bookmark
          • set_enum_bf
          • prev_not_tail
          • toggle_sign
          • loader_input_t.size
          • Trace events functions
          • get_func_flags
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          • Bad BIOS & DOS Comments Base
          • set_segm_attr
          • get_item_head
          • set_default_sreg_value
          • print_insn_mnem
          • set_member_cmt
          • get_ordinal_qty
          • set_target_assembler
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          • set_local_type
          • Hidden ranges
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          • Dalvik debugger extension functions
          • byte_value
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          • is_code
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          • search_path
          • CommonBits
          • get_processor_name
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          • get_prev_bmask
          • Hashes
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          • process_ui_action
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          • get_fixup_target_type
          • create_oword
          • get_flags
          • get_func_name
          • create_strlit
          • add_struc
          • atol
          • load_debugger
          • mkdir
          • set_struc_idx
          • sizeof
          • get_enum_member_by_name
          • save_database
          • guess_type
          • get_segm_name
          • print_operand
          • qisabspath
          • get_member_qty
          • set_struc_cmt
          • get_fixup_target_flags
          • idadir
          • object.retrieve
          • add_auto_stkpnt
          • get_numbered_type_name
          • get_enum_member_name
          • get_next_index
          • prev_addr
          • get_name_ea
          • get_sp_delta
          • set_bmask_cmt
          • get_struc_qty
          • readlong
          • set_segm_name
          • get_prev_offset
          • set_segm_alignment
          • get_strlit_contents
          • forget_exception
          • get_item_end
          • add_func
          • get_name
          • Asks
          • get_spd
          • Debugger: control
          • get_wide_byte
          • plan_and_wait
          • set_enum_flag
          • RunPythonStatement
          • del_sourcefile
          • get_prev_struc_idx
          • find_selector
          • get_frame_regs_size
          • op_num
          • define_exception
          • create_double
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          • read_selection_end
          • Disk Positioning Error
          • OpTypes
          • op_plain_offset
          • move_segm
          • get_member_id
          • set_segm_combination
          • get_current_thread
          • trim
          • Debugger: options
          • getn_thread
          • get_frame_id
          • typeinfo.print
          • to_ea
          • rebase_program
          • add_struc_member
          • get_exception_qty
          • get_first_index
          • import_type
          • set_segm_type
          • find_custom_data_type
          • get_next_seg
          • find_func_end
          • get_next_struc_idx
          • get_last_enum_member
          • getattr
          • get_frame_size
          • get_screen_ea
          • loader_input_t.read
          • Bad Macro
          • set_reg_value
          • Debugger: modules
          • create_pack_real
          • writestr
          • exec_idc
          • get_enum_size
          • set_enum_name
          • create_tbyte
          • sel2para
          • atoa
          • loader_input_t.close
          • add_enum
          • ltoa
          • set_enum_idx
          • substr
          • del_idc_hotkey
          • Breakpoint handling functions
          • loader_input_t.seek
          • cleanup_appcall
          • object.store
          • get_type
          • qexit
          • get_debug_name
          • get_array_id
          • Can't Open File
          • suspend_process
          • process_config_directive
          • get_entry_name
          • get_last_member
          • get_struc_name
          • clear_selection
          • fclose
          • firstattr
          • How to move/resize windows
          • create_yword
          • dbg_appcall
          • get_qword
          • patch_dword
          • begin_type_updating
          • read_dbg_byte
          • get_fpnum
          • qsleep
          • get_first_member
          • get_nsec_stamp
          • del_stkpnt
          • eval
          • savefile
          • eval_python
          • Xrefs
          • strstr
          • writeshort
          • get_sreg
          • get_segm_end
          • get_func_off_str
          • set_func_start
          • del_array_element
          • get_full_flags
          • set_exception_flags
          • rename_array
          • get_frame_args_size
          • op_flt
          • get_min_spd_ea
          • apply_type
          • get_prev_index
          • loadfile
          • retrieve_input_file_md5
          • get_wide_dword
          • patch_dbg_byte
          • Functions provided by the WinDbg debugger
          • get_original_byte
          • get_member_strid
          • call_system
          • writelong
          • get_thread_qty
          • nextattr
          • send_dbg_command
          • get_first_seg
          • get_processes
          • patch_word
          • get_manual_insn
          • ftell
          • get_entry_ordinal
          • set_array_long
          • delete_all_segments
          • TO_LONG
          • Function chunk related functions
          • Debugger: events
          • get_prev_func
          • op_seg
          • validate_idb_names
          • fprintf
          • fopen
          • strfill
          • del_fixup
          • get_bmask_name
          • Disk Read Error
          • inf_attr
          • is_bf
          • read_dbg_word
          • qdirname
          • get_segm_attr
          • func_contains
          • get_enum_qty
          • del_source_linnum
          • get_sourcefile
          • clr_database_flag
          • bTree Error
          • set_name
          • Refresh Screen
          • op_enum
          • getn_enum
          • get_db_byte
          • setattr
          • get_forced_operand
          • op_bin
          • Functions provided by the replayer debugger
          • prevattr
          • update_extra_cmt
          • get_str_type
          • op_man
          • choose_func
          • set_bmask_name
          • get_curline
          • decode_insn
          • set_segment_bounds
          • get_struc_by_idx
          • set_segm_class
          • write_dbg_memory
          • get_exception_name
          • get_enum_member
          • is_mapped
          • del_enum
          • get_frame_lvar_size
          • get_operand_type
          • set_root_filename
          • compile_idc_file
          • typeinfo.size
          • get_local_tinfo
          • get_fixup_target_off
          • is_union
          • unlink
          • get_segm_by_sel
          • set_enum_width
          • take_memory_snapshot
          • exec_python
          • get_next_func
          • get_member_offset
          • get_func_cmt
          • parse_decl
          • create_qword
          • next_head
          • suspend_thread
          • loader_input_t.getz
          • get_color
          • get_reg_value
          • load_and_run_plugin
          • set_database_flag
          • set_enum_member_name
          • set_member_type
          • get_prev_enum_member
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