It certainly didn't simplify anything for me either. For the most part its best to switch to source filtering, spits out results similarly to how fields used to.
Nik On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:59 PM, n8 <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding the statement in fields return value for the change implemented > in v1.0: > > "By always returning arrays, this simplifies user code." > > Can someone please tell me how this simplifies user code? If I index an > array, I expect an array back and I have nothing more to do than fetch the > "_fields". If I index a value, say first_name, why on earth would I want > to > parse through "_fields" and pull out the value from an array? Very unhappy > with this change. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5b55af6-d3c6-4155-a3e7-3c471cd8100a%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b5b55af6-d3c6-4155-a3e7-3c471cd8100a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPmjWd0B1NBaOC9yB72dmGBMxJ%2BR1XN%3DUW6wG0PO05xZX-OSdA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
