Thank you for the clarification. > On Sep 3, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > > They are fully supported, so you can write and read them. > > The problem with negative numbers is that they need lot of (disk) space, > because in two's complement they have almost all bits set. The largest number > is kinds of disk space is -1. > > Negative numbers appear in older index formats, so they can't be prevented by > a pull request as suggested. > > Just take the comment as given: all is supported, but if you want to store > negative numbers use a different encoding, e.g. zigzag. > > Uwe > > Am 3. September 2021 14:34:35 UTC schrieb Aaron Cohen > <aaronmichaelco...@me.com.INVALID>: >> While reading the Lucene JavaDoc I came across writeVInt >> <https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_9_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/DataOutput.html#writeVInt-int-> >> & readVInt >> <https://lucene.apache.org/core/8_9_0/core/org/apache/lucene/store/DataInput.html#readVInt--> >> from DataOutput and DataInput base classes. It says for writeVint >> >> Parameters: >> i - Smaller values take fewer bytes. Negative numbers are supported, but >> should be avoided. >> >> And for readVint "Negative numbers are supported, but should be avoided.” >> >> This seems like an odd statement. Why would something be supported but >> should be avoided? Should I submit a PR to prevent negative integers? > -- > Uwe Schindler > Achterdiek 19, 28357 Bremen > https://www.thetaphi.de
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