neoremind commented on a change in pull request #91:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/91#discussion_r623150413



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File path: 
lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/MutablePointsReaderUtils.java
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@@ -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.




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