jpountz commented on code in PR #907: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/907#discussion_r900220890
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/CheckIndex.java: ########## @@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ private static Status.TermIndexStatus checkFields( computedFieldCount++; final Terms terms = fields.terms(field); - if (terms == null) { + if (terms == Terms.EMPTY) { Review Comment: Let's remove this `if` block entirely? ########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/CheckIndex.java: ########## @@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ private static Status.TermIndexStatus checkFields( computedFieldCount++; final Terms terms = fields.terms(field); - if (terms == null) { + if (terms == Terms.EMPTY) { Review Comment: Then let's fix codecs to return a `Terms` instance that has the correct values for `hasFreqs`, `hasOffsets`, `hasPositions` and `hasPayloads`? E.g. maybe you could add a new `Terms#empty(FieldInfo)` method that does the right thing based on the `FieldInfo` and leverage this method in postings formats? -- 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