Candid UI: Use `blob` shorthand
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Candid UI
enhancement
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 301
- Forks
- 85
- Avg merge
- 1h 4m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 4
Description
Playing around with https://a4gq6-oaaaa-aaaab-qaa4q-cai.raw.ic0.app/?id=rdmx6-jaaaa-aaaaa-aaadq-cai I noticed that Candid UI isn’t using the blob shorthand when pretty-printing vec nat8 data. I think that shorthand is almost always the better choice.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Candid UI linked in the issue and trace how it pretty-prints vec nat8 values. The work is done when those values use the blob shorthand consistently instead of the expanded representation.
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Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100