Uwe Schindler wrote: >>>> Maybe I add this t the javadocs. >>>> >>>> >> +1 - intuition might be to use it for anything numeric. >> > > If we do not need a new RC fort hat I can do it tomorrow! I am not yet sure > what to write: I tend to say: "Use NumericField, but with infinite > precisionStep for low-cardinality fields - and you get the old TermEnum > value list as before (with conversion through NumericUtils)". In general, > users should use NumericField for numbers, but use a appropinquate precStep, > so infinite if no faster RangeQueries are possible because of low > cardinality. > > Uwe > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > Okay, good point. That makes sense - how about an example of low card, just for grounding? In the hundreds? Under 10,000? Only 10's?
Also, do you mean to use Integer.Max_VALUE as infinite? My personal opinion is that we can make javadoc changes for the final without doing an RC, as long as no code/build/scipts at all is touched. Not sure how others feel though. -- - Mark http://www.lucidimagination.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
