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Add docs on what exact validation vtvalidate does

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the referenced vtzero-check.cpp example and vtzero issue #23 to understand the decoder behavior that vtvalidate exposes. Document the validation performed by vtzero, including thrown errors or messages, in a living document organized by version. Done means vtvalidate users can determine the exact validation without reading vtzero code.

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Description

vtvalidate currently will throw (or provide an error message) if vtzero (the decoder used in vtvalidate) cannot decode a message. This needs to be documented so users of vtvalidate do not need to hunt into the vtzero code to know exactly what validation is being performed.

This doc should be a living doc, per version, as we (potentially) add more validation over time.
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