[Zope-dev] Shared lexicons for ZCTextIndex (was: Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/lib/python/Products/ZCTextIndex - ZCTextIndex.py:1.32)

[Guido van Rossum]

> I think that there is at least potential value in sharing lexicons.
> Of course, a down side is that it complicates set up.

This is where I say "YAGNI" and announce that I'll be happy to
refactor the code if and when a real need is discovered.

> On the subject of referencing lexicons by path rather than using
> direct references, I'm inclined to agree that direct references are
> better for simplicity and speed. It's easy enough to add a new index
> when you want to change a lexicon. (Well, there are some
> complications having to do with making sure that you get all the
> needed data into the new index...)

What was the use case for switching lexicons in the first place?  I
bet it was just someone idly playing around and noticing that it
didn't work right...

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)