Currently, the custom config scopes are pushed at the top when constructing
configuration, and are demoted whenever a context manager activating an
environment is used - see #48414 for details. Workflows that rely on the order
in the [docs](https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#custom-scopes)
are thus fragile, and may break
This PR allows to assign priorities to scopes, and ensures that scopes of lower priorities
are always "below" scopes of higher priorities. When scopes have the same priority,
what matters is the insertion order.
Modifications:
- [x] Add a mapping that iterates over keys according to priorities set when
adding the key/value pair
- [x] Use that mapping to allow assigning priorities to configuration scopes
- [x] Assign different priorities for different kind of scopes, to fix a bug, and
add a regression test
- [x] Simplify `Configuration` constructor
- [x] Remove `Configuration.pop_scope`
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Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.culpo@gmail.com>
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