Re: Commented: (SOLR-216) Improvements to solr.py

[Mike Klaas <mi...@gmail.com>]

On 30-May-07, at 12:43 PM, Erik Hatcher wrote:

>
> On May 29, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Mike Klaas wrote:
>>> I agree. I was not aware of field boosts at the time. I'll code  
>>> this change.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it is still somewhat awkward.  In my python client  
>> I end up passing (<name>, <value>, <field boost or None>)  
>> everywhere, but that clutters up the api considerably.
>>
>> It might be worth taking a look at the ruby client to see what  
>> Eric's done for the api.
>
> In the ruby client, we have the ability to use a Ruby Hash as a  
> document when no boosts are needed:
>
>    doc = {:field => "value"}
>
> But also use the Field object when boosts are desired:
>
>    doc = Solr::Document.new
>    doc << Solr::Field.new(:field => "value", :boost => 3.0)
>
> The boost stuff was contributed by Coda Hale (credit where it's  
> due :) - I had punted on that initially.

I think I prefer the approach that I suggested for the python  
client.  The ruby approach makes sense if you want to define a proper  
Document class with Fields and such.  99% of the time a map is  
sufficient, and tuple fieldname keys allow maps to be slightly  
extended to support boost functionality.

-Mike