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Subject: RE: Question about file format
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:28:52 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lorenzo Luengo [mailto:loluengo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:23 PM
> To: general@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Question about file format
>=20
> Hi all,
>=20
> I'm trying to make my own reader for lucene files, in pure python (i
haven't
> found a suitable library for windows x64). And while reading docs, a
question
> arises.
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> In http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_4_0/fileformats.html#String it says
that the
> string is composed of an VInt and a sequence of modified UTF-8 encoded
chars.
> My question is: That VInt is the length of the string before encoding =
or
is the
> number of encoded bytes?
>=20
> Regards.
>=20
> --
> Lorenzo Luengo C.
> Ingeniero Civil Electr=F3nico
> Cel: 98270385