Ordering of search results in the docs could be improved

When searching for "str" in the documentation, for example, the built-in str type shows up 44th in the list of results currently. This specific example (as well as a general notion that the search results are often not useful) was recently cited to me by a colleague as one reason that they choose to caution beginner students against using Python's docs compared to other alternatives, because the docs are "hard to navigate" and "hard to search." I disagree with that assessment on the whole, but I do think that improving the ordering of the search results would make the docs easier to use and navigate, particularly for folks just starting out with Python.

Sphinx has a mechanism for custom sorting of search results, so it should be possible to come up with some heuristics there that improve the ordering of the results. I'll put in a PR in a little while with one small step that I think is an improvement.

Linked PRs

• gh-138278

Revisa el PR gh-138278 enlazado y el mecanismo personalizado de ordenación de resultados de búsqueda de Sphinx mencionado en el issue. Usa el ejemplo de búsqueda "str" como comprobación inicial y considera terminado el trabajo cuando el orden resultante sea demostrablemente más útil para los usuarios de la documentación.