Github user dabaitu commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/854#issuecomment-114331577
@StephanEwen @fhueske - apologies, I forgot to call collect.
A dumb question - why do we need to sort the records before combining them?
Should I just call collect on the oversized record or still pass it to the
combiner? What do combiners do(or what are they suppose to do in general)?
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