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Meaning of Numbers in bindiff's result file

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Needs clarification
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java

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Start by tracing how bindiff's result file represents each matched function and where the row fields are defined. Use the reported offsets, similarity, and confidence values to identify the remaining numbers, then document the meaning and ordering of every field so users can interpret the result file.

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For each matched function, the first two are the functions' offsets, then similarity and confidence. I don't know what the others means.

Could anyone tell me the meaning of these numbers, please?

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