rust-lang / rust-lang/rust

rustdoc: Allow listing all items of a kind when searching for "<kind>:"

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A-rustdoc-search C-feature-request T-rustdoc T-rustdoc-frontend
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Description

For instance searching for macro: should list all macros in the crate.

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Research direction

Start by locating rustdoc's search implementation and existing tests for <kind>: queries. Verify the current behavior for macro: and related item kinds, then make the search return all matching items in the crate; done means the query lists every macro without narrowing to a specific name.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation, search
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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