Surprising preference given to abbreviation match over an exact prefix

[cubranic]

With flx-ido active, I try to open a file with ido-find-file and start typing "doc". Of the two possible matches in the current directory, "dh-ocr" and "Documents", "dh-ocr" is matched first. Shouldn't matching the prefix be given preference here?

[lewang]

Continuous matches score high, but abbreviation matches also score high. That's the trade off in deciding to accomodate both. Enter more characters to boost the match you have in mind.