gsmiller commented on code in PR #12334: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12334#discussion_r1210741210
########## 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: Apologies in advance if I'm misunderstanding, but as the code is currently written, we also don't know if we'll ever _need_ these arrays. If the queue never fills, we could unnecessarily have allocated one of them. I think we still have enough information upfront though to eagerly allocate these like we do today? Is it just a question of being eager vs. lazy with these? -- 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