> But when you create an untokenized field (or even a binary field, which is 
> stored-only at the moment), you could theoretically index the bytes directly

Right, if I already have a BytesRef of what needs to be indexed, then
passing the BR into Field/able should reduce garbage collection of
strings?

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think Jason meant the field value,  not the field name.
>
> Field names should stay Strings, as they are only "identifiers" making them 
> BytesRefs is not really useful.
>
> But when you create an untokenized field (or even a binary field, which is 
> stored-only at the moment), you could theoretically index the bytes directly.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Muir [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:22 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Field should accept BytesRef?
>>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Jason Rutherglen
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > In the Field object a text value must be of type string, however I
>> > think we can allow a BytesRef to be passed in?
>> >
>>
>> it would be nice if we sorted them in byte order too? I think right now 
>> fields
>> are sorted in utf-16 order, but terms are sorted in utf-8 order? (if so, 
>> this is
>> confusing)
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