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Status: Closed
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Resolution: Fixed
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Description
Spun off of LUCENE-2604 where everyone agreed this needed done, but no one has done it yet, and rmuir didn't want to leave the issue open...
some issues were pointed out in a recent mailing list thread that definitely seem like they should be addressed before this is officially released...
- queryparsersyntax.xml doesn't mention this feature at all – as major new syntax is should really get it's own section with an example showing the syntax
- queryparsersyntax.xml's section on "Escaping Special Characters" needs to mention that '/' is a special character
Also: Given that Yury encountered some real world situations in which the new syntax caused problems with existing queries, it seems like we should definitely make a note about this possibility more promonient ... i'm not sure if it makes sense in MIGRATE.txt but at a minimum it seems like the existing CHANGES.txt entry should mention it, maybe something like...
* LUCENE-2604: Added RegexpQuery support to QueryParser. Regular expressions are now directly supported by the standard queryparser using the syntax... fieldName:/expression/ OR /expression against default field/ Users who wish to search for literal "/" characters are advised to backslash-escape or quote those characters as needed. (Simon Willnauer, Robert Muir)