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From: Doron Cohen <DORONC@il.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:46:54 -0700
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Chris Hostetter wrote:

> skipTo semantics have always made my head hurt, but it may be that the
> contract is expressed too simplisticly ... i believe the expectation is
> that while skipTo should always "skip to the first match beyond the
> current whose document number is greater than or equal to a
> given target."
> there is a unwritten expectation that the "target" will always be greater
> then the current s.doc().
>
> I may be wrong about that ... i am afterall speculating about
> an unwritten
> assumption.
>
> The "behaves as if written" clause of the skipTo docs however make it
> clear that anytime skipTo is called, the document should be advanced at
> least one match no matter what the input is .. and your test seems to
> indicate this is also not the case.

Ok, I'll take it to JIRA then, so we can discuss if/how to fix this.


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