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Epic: Offset Resolution #55

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Summary

Complete offset resolution by implementing indirect and relative offset evaluation. AST representations exist but evaluation is stubbed with TODOs.

Current State

  • Absolute offsets: working
  • FromEnd offsets: working
  • Indirect offsets: AST defined, evaluation returns "not yet implemented"
  • Relative offsets: AST defined, evaluation returns "not yet implemented"

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All offset specification types from GNU file's magic format are fully evaluated, enabling pointer-chasing through binary structures (PE headers, compound documents, etc.).

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Indirect offsets are critical for PE executable detection, Office document format identification, and any format where headers contain pointers to content.

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