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Convenience wrappers for show_backref_chain(obj, inspect.ismodule)

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Read the existing show_backref_chain and find_backref_chain entry points, then inspect how inspect.ismodule is used in the requested call. Define the wrapper scope from the issue and verify that the convenience calls preserve the existing chain-display behavior with the project's tests.

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Description

enhancement

Using objgraph.show_chain(objgraph.find_backref_chain(...)) is a lot of typing. Provide convenience wrappers.

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