mgedmin / mgedmin/objgraph

Document the meaning of colours in the graph

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Description

When calling objgraph.show_refs, some nodes can have their text coloured red. It's unclear what the meaning of this is. The documentation should specify this.

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Research direction

Start by reading the documentation for objgraph.show_refs and inspecting its colour-handling behavior to determine what red node text signifies. Update the relevant documentation to explain that meaning, then verify that the show_refs documentation clearly covers the colour semantics.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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