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Uwe Schindler edited comment on LUCENE-1872 at 8/29/09 6:39 AM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- One small thing (I found this also in the LIA chapter): "Trie" is the whole "prefix tree". So "trie" means the whole list of different precision terms for one numeric value. You have this explanation which suggests one trie is one term: {code} + * <p>Within lucene, each numeric value is indexed as + * multiple encoded terms representing larger and larger + * pre-defined brackets called <em>trie</em>s. The step + * size between each successive trie is called the + * <code>precisionStep</code> in this API. Smaller {code} There should also be the explanation that the precStep is in "bits". was (Author: thetaphi): One small thing (I found this also in the LIA chapter): "Trie" is the whole "prefix tree". So "trie" means the whole list of different precision terms for one numeric value. You have this explanation which suggests one trie is one term: {code} + * <p>Within lucene, each numeric value is indexed as + * multiple encoded terms representing larger and larger + * pre-defined brackets called <em>trie</em>s. The step + * size between each successive trie is called the + * <code>precisionStep</code> in this API. Smaller {code} > Improve javadocs for Numeric* > ----------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1872 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1872 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Michael McCandless > Assignee: Michael McCandless > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.9 > > Attachments: LUCENE-1872.patch, LUCENE-1872.patch > > > I'm working on improving Numeric* javadocs. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org