Re: Documentation bug in 8.3?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> >     clamped to 16383. Duplicate position entries are discarded.
> >                       ----------------------------------------
>
> > However in my testing of 8.3 duplicate position entries are not
> > discarded:
>
> >     test=> SELECT 'a:1 b:1'::tsvector;
> >       tsvector
> >     -------------
> >      'a':1 'b':1
> >     (1 row)
>
> Those aren't duplicates, because they're not attached to the same
> lexeme.  The comment is talking about this behavior:
>
> regression=# SELECT 'a:1 a:1'::tsvector;
>  tsvector
> ----------
>  'a':1
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# SELECT 'a:1,2,1'::tsvector;
>  tsvector
> ----------
>  'a':1,2
> (1 row)

OK, thanks.  I will clarify the documentation.  Patch attached and
applied.

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       document.  Positional information can be used for
       <firstterm>proximity ranking</firstterm>.  Position values can
       range from 1 to 16383; larger numbers are silently clamped to 16383.
!      Duplicate position entries are discarded.
      </para>

      <para>
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       document.  Positional information can be used for
       <firstterm>proximity ranking</firstterm>.  Position values can
       range from 1 to 16383; larger numbers are silently clamped to 16383.
!      Duplicate positions for the same lexeme are discarded.
      </para>

      <para>