I tentatively think you are correct: the file format itself does not impose this limitation.
But in a least a couple places internally, Lucene uses a java int to hold the term number, which is actually a limit of 2,147,483,648 terms. I'll update fileformats.html for 2.9. Mike On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:56 AM, deminix <demi...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_1/fileformats.html > > The file format page at the bottom cites that there is a 32 bit limit to > term numbers. I fail to see where in the file formats documentation that is > actually true. Is the bottom of the page simply out of date? I'm also > wondering whether the code may be a limiting factor even if the file formats > are ok. > > Thanks. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
