gashutos commented on code in PR #12334: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12334#discussion_r1206958937
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/comparators/NumericComparator.java: ########## @@ -204,13 +200,21 @@ private void updateCompetitiveIterator() throws IOException { return; } if (reverse == false) { - encodeBottom(maxValueAsBytes); + if (queueFull) { // bottom is avilable only when queue is full + maxValueAsBytes = maxValueAsBytes == null ? new byte[bytesCount] : maxValueAsBytes; Review Comment: We dont know upfront at the time of construction (where currently initialization is done) that would we be needing maxValueAsBytes & minValuesAsBytes both. Like about the case, where we dont have any competitive hit collected in queue hence no bottom but has ```after``` value so the topValue. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org 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