[issue37862] Search doesn't find built-in functions
New submission from Kim Oldfield : The python 3 documentation search https://docs.python.org/3/search.html doesn't always find built-in functions. For example, searching for "zip" takes me to https://docs.python.org/3/search.html?q=zip I would expect the first match to be a link to https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#zip but I can't see a link to this page anywhere in the 146 results. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 349781 nosy: docs@python, kim.oldfield priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Search doesn't find built-in functions type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue37862> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue37862] Search doesn't find built-in functions
Kim Oldfield added the comment: Usually the search page is the quickest way to find documentation about a module or function - quicker than navigating through a couple of levels of pages (documentation home, index, index by letter, scroll or search in page to find desired name, click on name). Searching for builtin functions is inconsistent. Some functions (eg getattr) are found as expected in a search, while other functions (eg zip and many others) aren't found in the search results. This could easily lead someone to incorrectly concluding that the function they are search for doesn't exist in python. I find the response of "The search page is the last thing one should use" strange. Surely as the option to search is there, and it mostly works, we should be making incremental improvements as necessary to make it better so that everyone can easily find the right parts of the python documentation. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue37862> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
