Rustdoc search for "slice" should have primitive as top result

[ucarion]

When browsing documentation and searching for "slice", the top three results are:

1. std::slice the module
2. std::raw::Slice the struct representation
3. std::slice the primitive

I think std::slice-the-primitive should be the top result (it is currently the third result), because it tells me what I can do to a slice, which is usually what I'm wondering about when I search for "slice". std::slice-the-module gives meager documentation, and links to structs, which I'm comparatively rarely interested in.

/cc @steveklabnik since you're the documentation guy?

[emberian]

@alexcrichton do you know if the search indexing could have 'prioritizing' like this?

[killercup]

@cmr From a quick glance at rustdoc's main.js: This sort function seems to be responsible for setting the priority of results. The 'type' of result is currently only the second last criteria and orders by index of this types array.

So, making types more important, moving 'primitive' up in the types array (or adding a special case for primitives) are good options.

[emberian]

@killercup Sounds like you should make a PR!

[killercup]

Maybe over the weekend!

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Corey Richardson notifications@github.com
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@killercup Sounds like you should make a PR!

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