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How-to Docs: Implement a test case generator

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by clarifying the intended audience and which generator workflows or tracks the guide should cover; the issue provides no files, tests, or entry points. Done means a written general how-to that explains how to create a generator and is useful to additional tracks.

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Description

I don't have details on this but it was mentioned by @ErikSchierboom or @iHiD that it would be good to write down some general advice about how to create a generator and that it might not be as hard as one might think. That means potentially more tracks could benefit from having a generator if there would be better docs on how to create one.

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Forks
98
Avg merge
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4

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