Since sortByKey() invokes those right now, we should either a) change the documentation to treat note that it kicks off actions or b) change the method to execute those things lazily.
Personally I'd prefer b but don't know how difficult that would be. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Jason Lenderman <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Ryan, > > The *sortByKey* method creates a *RangePartitioner* (see > Partitioner.scala), and the initialization code of the > *RangePartitioner*invokes actions > *count* and *sample*. > > > Jason > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Ryan Prenger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> sortByKey is listed as a data transformation, not an action, yet it >> launches a job. This doesn't seem to square with the documentation. >> >> Ryan >> > >
