Open Bug 557915 Opened 11 years ago Updated 6 years ago

GlodaMsgSearcher scoring function could use offsets() information to boost score based on phrase proximity

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Database, defect)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Database
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: asuth, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [gloda key]) 

The main advantage offsets() has over matchinfo() is that it provides us with, surprise surprise, the offsets of terms inside the string where they happen.  We don't use this, but it would probably be rather extremely useful for score boosting purposes.
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.