: This exchange has caused me to reassess my syntax. It seems that : QueryParser's handling of A B C -D -E is special because QueryParser : does not have any operator precedence rules (unless the 1 rule is that : all operators resolve with the same precedence <g>). What would appear
there are some precedence rules, but they really only apply when using "AND", "OR", or "NOT" -- which as i've gone on record with many teams: are big freaking hasks that people shouldn't use. the big reason QueryParser doesn't have to wory about precidence, is because it's core operators: "+" and "-" are unary, which makes sense given the way BooleanQuery works: the "prohibited" and "mandatory" options apply to individual clauses... in your syntax you've made all operators binary, so you have to decide how to map those binary opertor concepts to the unary "options" of BooleanQuery. -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
