quickwit-oss / quickwit-oss/quickwit

Create a custom tokenizer that is more log friendly

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Description

For logs we want a nicer tokenizer.

We probably should not cut on _ or -, and . within a number.

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The issue names no file, test, or entry point. First locate the existing tokenizer and clarify the intended boundaries for underscores, hyphens, and periods inside numbers; done means log text is tokenized according to those rules, with tests covering each case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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