This directory contains a variety of examples demonstrating how IDA can be scripted using IDAPython.
When adding an example, the author (i.e., a Hex-Rays developer)
must add a corresponding test, making sure the example is properly
tested, and doesn't regress over time (see idapython-examples,
and idapython_hr-examples test suites.) This has the added benefit
that this ensures our APIs remain stable.
Also, any significant addition to IDAPython APIs should come with one or many examples, and those should be also put under test (in other words: it's better if a test relies on a real example, rather than if it consists of a bunch of IDAPython code our users will never see, and cannot be inspired from.)
In addition, when a customer asks for help on support@ (or the forums) and we end up sending a significant body of IDAPython code as a reply, since that body of code should be tested anyway, it's better to make a real example out of it ... and, of course, put that example under test as well.
There should be no such thing as a non-tested example.