WICG / WICG/shape-detection-api
Barcode format hinting is underspecified
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Description
The specification should be clearer about how the formats parameter is used by the detect() function to provide a hint to the underlying implementation about what barcode formats should be detected in the image.
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Research direction
Start by reading the shape-detection specification's definition of detect() and its formats parameter. Done means the specification explicitly explains how formats serves as a hint to the underlying implementation, but the issue does not name a file, test, or exact wording to change.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100