rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

completion relevance should prefer associated functions over associated methods.

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Description

This one is a bit subjective, but it would be preferable if in this circumstance, we should make associated functions more relevant than associated methods, with a bias to suggest new/default with the most relevance, and with_ methods after.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing rust-analyzer's completion relevance handling for associated functions and methods, then reproduce the screenshot's scenario and compare the ordering of new/default functions with with_ methods; done means the preferred ordering is covered by a focused completion test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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