Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Improve documentation and fix type hint for `define_auto_symbol_and_var_or_function`

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Description

The documentation is incomplete for define_auto_symbol_and_var_or_function it needs to say that it creates a function/variable based on the symbol type. Additionally the type hint is wrong and should show Optional[Type] instead of Type

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Search for the define_auto_symbol_and_var_or_function entry point and inspect its documentation and type annotation. Update the documentation to explain that the symbol type determines whether a function or variable is created, and make the annotation show Optional[Type].

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Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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Stale
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