Am 18.01.2014 17:40, schrieb Emmanuel Bourg: > Le 18/01/2014 16:04, Benedikt Ritter a écrit : > >> About putting this into codec: I still don't think this is a good fit for >> this contribution. Codec is about, well decoding and encoding stuff. Jaro >> Winkler and Levenshtein Distance are more like scores or metrics that help >> in comparing strings. > > The point is, string metrics and soundex algorithm are often used to > find similarities between words. That's a bit odd to have them in > separate packages. That being said, string metrics doesn't look like a > good fit for codec since it doesn't encode anything.
>From a logic PoV I agree with Emmanuel that a separate Text component would make sense. It could also contain other stuff like special search algorithms or trie implementations. >From an organizational PoV I also understand Gary: It is unlikely that we have the energy and man power to keep such a new component alive - except someone steps up now? So I am on the fence. In past we have always tried to keep [lang] very focused and lean. Oliver > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
