Re: tsearch Parser Hacking

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: tsearch Parser Hacking
Date: 2011-02-15 04:03:07
Message-ID: 56FF6D1F-9954-4D32-B403-DC98769831FF@kineticode.com
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On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> There is zero, none, nada, provision for modifying the behavior of the
> default parser, other than by changing its compiled-in state transition
> tables.
>
> It doesn't help any that said tables are baroquely designed and utterly
> undocumented.
>
> IMO, sooner or later we need to trash that code and replace it with
> something a bit more modification-friendly.

I was afraid you'd say that. Thanks.

David

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