[LUCENE-8033] Should FieldInfos always use a dense encoding?

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.3, 8.0
• Labels: newdev
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adrien Grand
• Created: 02/Nov/17 09:50
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 15:21
• Resolved: 13/Feb/18 11:43

Description

Spin-off from LUCENE-8018. The dense vs. sparse encoding logic of FieldInfos introduces complexity. Given that the sparse encoding is only used when less than 1/16th of fields are used, which sounds uncommon to me, maybe we should use a dense encoding all the time?

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #320