yjshen commented on code in PR #7180:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/pull/7180#discussion_r1286420913
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datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/sorts/sort.rs:
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@@ -639,15 +614,47 @@ fn write_sorted(
Ok(())
}
-fn read_spill(sender: Sender<Result<RecordBatch>>, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+/// Stream batches from spill files.
+///
+/// Each spill file has one or more batches. Intra-batch order is guaranteed
(each one is sorted),
+/// but the inter-batch ordering is not guaranteed, hence why we need to
convert each batch from the
+/// spill to a separate input stream for the merge-sort procedure.
Review Comment:
Will this produce unnecessary comparison when the inter-batch ordering in
spillfiles are guaranteed for the normal case without `K`?
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