Xapian discuss - Nov 2011 - Replacing with an empty Document

What is the effect of

WritableDatabase db(...);
db.replace_document(some_id, Document()); // provide empty document

is it equivalent to db.delete_document(some_id) ?

On 1 November 2011 06:08, Liam <xapian at networkimprov.net>
wrote:
> What is the effect of
>
> WritableDatabase db(...);
> db.replace_document(some_id, Document()); // provide empty document
>
> is it equivalent to db.delete_document(some_id) ?
No, it will store a document which has no terms, document data or
values at the specified ID.  Such a document could be returned by a
search (for example, by a MatchAll search).

-- 
Richard