numpy / numpy/numpydoc

Should "See also" be symetric?

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docstring integrity type: Enhancement
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Description

I learned about the existence of argwhere only recently, although I'm using where very often.

One possible reason for this is that "See also" in the where documentation doesn't link to argwhere, while the latter does link to where.

I guess there must be a programmatic way to make these cross-references symmetric by default, and I wonder if that could be a useful feature for numpydoc...

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Start by comparing the See also sections in the linked where and argwhere documentation, then inspect numpydoc's handling of cross-references. The work is done when a documented or tested mechanism can make reciprocal See also links appear by default without requiring both references to be written manually.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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