PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
comparison with null documentation incorrect.
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Area - Documentation
Issue - Enhancement
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- C#
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Description
Powershell does not check for null inside an array.
$a = 1,2,$null,4
$a.contains($null)
$null -eq $a #per doc this would return true.
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Research direction
Start with the PowerShell example in the issue and compare the documented behavior of $null -eq $a with the observed result of $a.Contains($null). Locate the documentation describing null comparisons with arrays, correct the inaccurate explanation, and verify that it matches the shown commands.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100