rustdoc sidebar calls all associated functions methods, not just those that support method syntax

[lolbinarycat]

Code

std::sync::LazyLock

Reproduction Steps

1. go to https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/sync/struct.LazyLock.html
2. look at the sidebar

Expected Outcome

All of its associated functions are in an "Associated functions"

Actual Output

All associated functions, including new and force, are listed under "Methods".

Additionally (doc issue, not rustdoc's fault), LazyLock::force describes itself as a method in its description, despite not being callable with method syntax.

Version

rustdoc 1.96.0-nightly (a25435b 2026-03-29)

Additional Details

This is confusing as if you try to use any associated function that does not have a self parameter with method syntax, rustc will tell you it is not a method, despite rustdoc telling you it is a method.

This happens for all types, LazyLock is just one of the more confusing instances.

[fmease]

Unfortunately this is not limited to the sidebar, it's all-pervasive and deep-rooted. E.g.,

1. all associated functions NAME have a URL fragment of the form method.NAME¹
2. type filter method¹ corresponds to arbitrary associated functions and there's no associatedfn even though we have associatedtype and associatedconstant

Footnotes

1. In some cases, it's tymethod instead of method. ↩ ↩²

[lolbinarycat]

That is true, and it would be nice to also fix those issues, but I think the sidebar is the most prominent issue, and also the most easily fixed.