[Bug 6178] New: Syntax of the "weight" option

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6178

           Summary: Syntax of the "weight" option
           Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
           Version: Working drafts
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Full Text 1.0
        AssignedTo: jim.melton@acm.org
        ReportedBy: xfranc@online.fr
         QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org


The weight option is defined by the following production:
[144] FTSelection ::= FTOr FTPosFilter* ("weight" RangeExpr)?

This means that in this expression
the weight applies to the FtAnd expression, not the term "bar":

   "foo" ftand "bar" weight 2

This is equivalent to: ("foo" ftand "bar") weight 2
No to:  "foo" ftand ("bar" weight 2)

Now, my feeling is that when writing the 1st expression,
a programmer would probably mean the second form:
         "foo" ftand ("bar" weight 2)

In other terms, this syntax seems misleading to me.

A related problem is that it is possible to specify
a weight twice on the same expression:
      ("foo" ftand "bar" weight 2) weight 1

Here both weight options apply to the FtAnd.

Suggestion: 
move the "weight" option to the level of FTPrimaryWithOptions:

[149] FTPrimaryWithOptions ::= FTPrimary FTMatchOptions? ("weight" RangeExpr)?
[144] FTSelection ::= FTOr FTPosFilter*


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Received on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 22:17:43 UTC