Searches preceded by a parenthesis fail.
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Description
Any word in a title that is preceded by a parenthesis does not appear as first options in the search engine.
If you search for Beetle, no cores appear.
If you search for (Beetle, all cores with that word appear first.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the search-engine behavior with “Beetle” and “(Beetle” against the documented titles. Trace the search entry point and identify why a parenthesis changes result ordering; done means both queries return the same relevant cores in the expected order.
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Assessment
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100