Re: new function for tsquery creartion

Hi all,
I am extending phrase operator <n> is such way that it will have <n,m>
syntax that means from n to m words, so I will use such syntax (<n,m>)
further. I found that a AROUND(N) b is exactly the same as a <-N,N> b
and it can be replaced while parsing. So, what do you think of such
idea? In this patch I have noticed some unobvious behavior.

# select to_tsvector('Hello, cat world!') @@ queryto_tsquery('cat
AROUND(1) cat') as match;
match
-------
t

cat AROUND(1) cat is the same is "cat <1> cat || cat <0> cat" and:

# select to_tsvector('Hello, cat world!') @@ to_tsquery('cat <0> cat');
?column?
-------
t

It seems to be a proper logic behavior but it is a possible pitfall,
maybe it should be documented?

But more important question is how AROUND() operator should handle stop
words? Now it works as:

# select queryto_tsquery('cat <2> (a AROUND(10) rat)');
queryto_tsquery
------------------
'cat' <12> 'rat'
(1 row)

# select queryto_tsquery('cat <2> a AROUND(10) rat');
queryto_tsquery
------------------------
'cat' AROUND(12) 'rat'
(1 row)

In my opinion it should be like:
cat <2> (a AROUND(10) rat) == cat <2,2> (a <-10,10> rat) == cat <-8,12>
rat

cat <2> a AROUND(10) rat == cat <2,2> a <-10,10> rat = cat <-8, 12>
rat

Now <n,m> operator can be replaced with combination of phrase
operator <n>, AROUND(), and logical operators, but with <n,m> operator
it will be much painless. Correct me, please, if I am wrong.

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Alexey Chernyshov
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