msokolov commented on code in PR #913: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/913#discussion_r878557225
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/VectorUtil.java: ########## @@ -213,4 +213,21 @@ public static void add(float[] u, float[] v) { u[i] += v[i]; } } + + public static float dotProduct(BytesRef a, int aOffset, BytesRef b, int bOffset, int len) { + // fixme -- move to codec? What if later we want to access the bytes some other way? + int total = 0; + for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { + total += a.bytes[aOffset++] * b.bytes[bOffset++]; Review Comment: yeah, I see that now. Well ... this *is* what we want it to do. I mean we could potentially reduce the precision still further (to ~7~ umm 4! bits) and then each pair of bytes could multiplied safely. But we do still need to add them up, too. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lucene.apache.org