> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:48:19 -0400
> From: Ray Denenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>
> (2) We can come up with more intuitive symbols. use ^ and v for all
> and any. Thus:
> =^ all words
> =v any words
This was my first thought; then I realised that "v" is
word-constituent, so that a search like:
author=vkernighan
is unparseable.
> = = adjacent words
> ~ relevant words
> = exact string
I would prefer unadorned "=" to mean adjacency, since that will be
what people want most of the time.
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