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Document bisect_cmd

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Read Lib/test/bisect_cmd.py and Victor Stinner’s linked blog post to understand the tool and its intended test workflow. Then locate the appropriate testing or debugging section of the devguide and document bisect_cmd there. Done means a newcomer can discover what it does and how to use it to find failing tests.

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Description

topic-test type-feature

In 2017, Victor added a useful tool to find failing tests, bisect_cmd, and blogged about it. I wish I knew about it before!
IMO, the devguide should mention it.

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