Share - Clicking the Join type on my draw library loads up Doc from base

[alvaroc1]

Go to:
https://share.unison-lang.org/@alvaroc1/p/code/latest/namespaces/public/draw/main

And click the Join type, which loads:
https://share.unison-lang.org/@alvaroc1/p/code/latest/namespaces/public/draw/latest/;/types/Join

The UI loads up Doc from base.

[hojberg]

Whats going on here is that the backend returns a list of results and the frontend is just picking the first one in the list.

One option is to always use a hash qualified reference when clicking items, but this would mean we can't have any relative urls. Some more investigation is needed in figuring out the right course of action here.

[hojberg]

cc @ChrisPenner @pchiusano

[ChrisPenner]

but this would mean we can't have any relative urls

I'm not understanding where this comes from; can you expand on it?

[hojberg]

@ChrisPenner — Maybe I don't understand that option well enough, but its my understanding that we'd have to include a hash in the URL (because we need it for the requests) when clicking on links in the sidebar right?

Alternative option: the namespace path given here is precise, and I think the UI always gives a precise path (if the base Join was clicked, lib.base.Doc would be part of the URL). Maybe we can sort the results based on that or provide an option to only give exact results?

[ChrisPenner]

Ah, I see. I didn't realize the backend was doing a suffix-based search rather than looking up exactly the name provided at the perspective.

Is it safe in all cases to assume that we want exactly the term at <perspective> + <name> ? If so I can probably just tweak the backend to return the exact result at that position rather than search by suffix.

[aryairani]

Holding this until the "precise pretty printer" is ready. (Consult with @ChrisPenner)

[hojberg]

@aryairani @ChrisPenner any update?

[ChrisPenner]

Should be fixed in the latest release via #4485