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Discrepancy between README and function description in VS Code

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
50/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Reproduce the hover text for the sign function imported from jsonwebtoken in VS Code, then compare it with the intended wording on README line 30. Trace the source of the hover description and update the phrase so it matches “could be an object literal”; confirm the corrected wording in VS Code.

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Description

Description

When hovering over the sign function in VS Code, the description includes the following phrase: could be an literal. I thought that was a little weird so I checked the README and it seems that the intended message is could be an object literal on line 30.

Reproduction

Hover over sign function imported from jsonwebtoken.

sign

Environment

Please provide the following:

  • Version of this library used:
    8.5.1
  • Version of the platform or framework used, if applicable:
    VS Code
  • Other relevant versions (language, server software, OS, browser):
    TypeScript
  • Other modules/plugins/libraries that might be involved:
Dominant language
JavaScript
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