[Zope] ZCTextIndex - prefix wildcards not supported?

[Dieter Maurer]

Andreas Jung wrote at 2003-11-20 18:37 +0100:
 > ...
 > > 111                                  # The pattern starts with a globbing
 > > character. 112                                  # This is too efficient,
 > > so we raise an exception.
 > >
 > > Why is this 'too efficient"?

Assuming a standard word index, the search has to scan the complete
index (more precisely, its keys). This can take some time...

-- 
Dieter