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That's more a question of defaults, right? I'd hope adding quotes around Robert Jenkins Park would avoid aliasing. If so, then they optimized for aliasing bein
by _heimdall 3y ago
That's more a question of defaults, right?
I'd hope adding quotes around Robert Jenkins Park would avoid aliasing. If so, then they optimized for aliasing being the default with a simple way to avoid it for the (presumably) uncommon case. If aliasing was off by default, what would be a similar syntax to indicate that you actually want it on for a search?
- dpkirchner 3y agoObviously, IMO, it should be possible to disable aliasing and term-guessing account-wide. Then, I propose supporting a leading "?" that lets you reenable fuzzy/loose matching. Something like: "?robert jenkins park" (without quotes).
- _heimdall 3y agoThat syntax would impact the entire query, meaning you couldn't have it only fuzzy match a portion if the search term. A global flag seems reasonable if enough people would want it, though that is dependent on users being authenticated with preferences stored on the server.