Re: Lucene 2.1, inconsistent phrase query results with slop

2007-03-08 Thread Erick Erickson
Sorry about that. I think II found the diagram you're talking about on page 89. It even addresses the exact problem I'm talking about. It's not the first time I've looked like a fool, you'd think I'd be getting used to it by now . So, it seems like the most reasonable solution to this issue woul

Re: Lucene 2.1, inconsistent phrase query results with slop

2007-03-08 Thread Chris Hostetter
: I think that's "working as designed". Although I could understand : someone wanting it to work differently. The slop is sort of like the : edit distance from the current given phrase, hence the order of terms : in the phrase matters. correct ... LIA has a great diagram explaining this ... th

Re: Lucene 2.1, inconsistent phrase query results with slop

2007-03-08 Thread Yonik Seeley
On 3/8/07, Erick Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a nutshell, reversing the order of the terms in a phrase query can result in different hit counts. That is, "person place"~3 may return different results from "place person"~3, depending on the number of intervening terms. I think that's "