neoremind commented on a change in pull request #91: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/91#discussion_r623150413
########## File path: lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/MutablePointsReaderUtils.java ########## @@ -35,63 +37,60 @@ MutablePointsReaderUtils() {} - /** Sort the given {@link MutablePointValues} based on its packed value then doc ID. */ + /** + * Sort the given {@link MutablePointValues} based on its packed value, note that doc ID is not + * taken into sorting algorithm, since if they are already in ascending order, stable sort is able + * to maintain the ordering of doc ID. + */ Review comment: What if the doc IDs came in are not in ascending order? Shall we use MSBRadixSorter with stable reorder to sort? If so, then there needs an if-else clause to provide two different sorters. -- 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. 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