The + operator has been replaced.

Re:The + operator has been replaced. by fjarlq on Saturday October 22, 2011 @04:24PM (#3144245)

Here's an example I just ran into:

I want to search for Ubuntu's go-compiler package.

But if I search for "go-compiler" (with or without quotes) I get a bunch of hits for "Go compiler", with my dash turned into a space. That's a bunch of hits I don't want, and now I have to go wading. None of the top 10 hits are about what I asked for.

To me, the + operator meant "I know what I'm doing and please turn off the fuzzy help".

So how does one turn off fuzzy searching now?

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by fjarlq on Saturday October 22, 2011 @04:30PM (#3144256)

intext:go-compiler does not help.

Dammit, sometimes dashes have meaning.

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Re:The + operator has been replaced. by moultano on Saturday October 22, 2011 @08:20PM (#3144702)

That isn't something new. Punctuation had always been ignored, + operator or not. (With some few exceptions like C++.)

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