DO NOT REPLY [Bug 21446] - Fuzzy Searches do not get a boost of 0.2 as stated in "Query Syntax" doc

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Fuzzy Searches do not get a boost of 0.2 as stated in "Query Syntax" doc

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------- Additional Comments From otis@apache.org  2003-09-10 15:56 -------
Cormac, the problem you described at
http://www.mail-archive.com/lucene-dev@jakarta.apache.org/msg02819.html seems clear.

I do not see any mention of 0.2f boost in any of the *Fuzzy* classes.  This is a
documentation bug, which I will fix soon.

However, your fix may still be valid, as exact matches should never have lower
score than fuzzy ones.  I would be very greatful if you could submit that
levtest class as a JUnit test, so we can see the bug clearly before applying
your patch.

Finally, why did you choose the boost of 0.2?  Why not 0.1 or 0.3 for example? 
And is it possible that choosing a random(?) number such as 0.2, will work for
your test document set, but may not work for some other cases?

Thank you.