Dandandan commented on code in PR #15302: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/15302#discussion_r2005752259
########## datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/sort.rs: ########## @@ -688,15 +707,29 @@ impl ExternalSorter { let fetch = self.fetch; let expressions: LexOrdering = self.expr.iter().cloned().collect(); - let stream = futures::stream::once(futures::future::lazy(move |_| { - let timer = metrics.elapsed_compute().timer(); - let sorted = sort_batch(&batch, &expressions, fetch)?; - timer.done(); + let row_converter = Arc::clone(&self.sort_keys_row_converter); + let stream = futures::stream::once(async move { + let _timer = metrics.elapsed_compute().timer(); + + let sort_columns = expressions + .iter() + .map(|expr| expr.evaluate_to_sort_column(&batch)) + .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?; + + let sorted = if is_multi_column_with_lists(&sort_columns) { Review Comment: Probably a good heuristic is to use RowConverter for multi-column + no limit cases as documented in `lexsort_to_indices` ``` /// Note: for multi-column sorts without a limit, using the [row format](https://docs.rs/arrow-row/latest/arrow_row/) /// may be significantly faster ``` -- 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: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org