assuming that there are no name collisions shorter ones are ok for request parameters.Having both the options may not really help
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Eric Pugh<ep...@opensourceconnections.com> wrote: > I wonder if we could use either for the various param names that can be used > in either solrconfig.xml or passed in via request? Use either "fields" or > "fl"? As we add more rich functionality like in the extractor aren't we > going to be passing more and more params, and having long names is much > easier to read. And then for those optimizing performance, they can swap to > the short names? > > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Noble Paul നോബിള് नोब्ळ् wrote: > >> +1 for names in its actual form as long as it is not very long. In >> config it is nice to see long names becaase it enhances readability. >> But ,for request params, short ones are better because that price is >> paid by each request. imagine 'facetQuery' instead of 'fq' or fields >> instead of 'fl' >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Grant Ingersoll<gsing...@apache.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> OK, color me confused about how naming should be done for params. There >>> clearly seems to be two camps in Solr-land: 1. those who abbreviate >>> params >>> and 2. those who don't. Pick your sides, please! ;-) >>> >>> On SOLR-284 and SOLR-769, I had "long" names and Yonik changed them to be >>> shorter ("uprefix", anyone? Bueller? Yeah, it means unknown prefix). >>> On >>> SOLR-1237, the general feedback is that evt should be event and that >>> newSrchr should be newSearcher or new_searcher or something like that. >>> The >>> SpellCheckComp. tends to be verbose, while faceting tends to be succinct. >>> >>> Thus, I'd like to suggest we layout some conventions for naming, as I >>> personally am confused. Once we do this, we can wiki it up and then >>> have >>> something to refer others too. >>> >>> >>> -Grnt Ingrsll (aka Grant Ingersoll) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Noble Paul | Principal Engineer| AOL | http://aol.com > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Eric Pugh | Principal | OpenSource Connections, LLC | 434.466.1467 | > http://www.opensourceconnections.com > Free/Busy: http://tinyurl.com/eric-cal > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Noble Paul | Principal Engineer| AOL | http://aol.com