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<DIV><FONT size=2>Why are wildcards '?' and '*' not supported at the beginning
of search terms in ZCTextIndex?</FONT><FONT size=2> It would be very
useful to search for terms using '*someterm'.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In the cvs for ZCTextIndex, Lexicon.py </FONT></DIV>
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href="http://cvs.zope.org/Products/ZCTextIndex/Lexicon.py?annotate=1.17.10.2">http://cvs.zope.org/Products/ZCTextIndex/Lexicon.py?annotate=1.17.10.2</A>)</DIV>
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<DIV>the code raises an exception for wildcards at the beginning of search terms
(see line 113) and a related comment says"</DIV>
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<DIV>111
# The pattern starts with a globbing character.<BR><A
name=112></A>112
# This is too efficient, so we raise an exception.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Why is this 'too efficient"?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Jonathan</FONT></DIV>
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