[KinoSearch] KinoSearch::FieldSpec::text

[Marvin Humphrey]

Greets,

I'm contemplating some mods to FieldSpec and Schema.

   * Rename KinoSearch::Schema::FieldSpec to  
KinoSearch::FieldSpec::text.
   * Within the %fields hash, make 'text' an alias for
     'KinoSearch::FieldSpec::text'.
   * Reserve all-lower-case FieldSpec class names for future use.

The most immediated effect of this would be to cut down on typing:

     # before
     our %fields = (
       foo => 'KinoSearch::Schema::FieldSpec',
       bar => 'KinoSearch::Schema::FieldSpec',
     );

     # after
     our %fields = (
       foo => 'text',
       bar => 'text',
     );

There are two other reasons.

First, I intend to write a generic spec for the invindex file format,  
and
the word "KinoSearch" shouldn't appear in it.

Second, it reserves space for the addition of 'float', 'blob',  
'keyword', and so
on.

     our %fields = (
       foo => 'text',
       bar => 'blob',           # alias for KinoSearch::FieldSpec::blob
       baz => 'text::unstored', # alias for  
KinoSearch::FieldSpec::text::unstored
     );

If KinoSearch::Schema::FieldSpec sticks around for now as a subclass/ 
alias of KinoSearch::FieldSpec::text, then this change doesn't have  
to be immediately disruptive.

Thoughts?

Marvin Humphrey
Rectangular Research
http://www.rectangular.com/



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