rmuir commented on a change in pull request #286: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/286#discussion_r704816931
########## File path: lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/SortField.java ########## @@ -606,4 +609,26 @@ public IndexSorter getIndexSorter() { return null; } } + + /** + * Disable numeric sort optimization to use the Points index to skip over non-competitive + * documents. By default sorting on a numeric field activates point sort optimization that can + * efficiently skip non-competitive hits. Sort optimization has a number of requirements, one of + * which is that SortField.Type matches the Point type with which the field was indexed (e.g. sort + * on IntPoint field should use SortField.Type.INT). Another requirement is that the same data is + * indexed with points and doc values for the field. + * + * <p>This allows to disable sort optimization, in cases where these requirements can't be met. + * + * @deprecated should only be used for compatibility with 8.x indices that got created with + * inconsistent data across fields, or the wrong sort configuration in the index sort + */ + @Deprecated // Remove in Lucene 9 + public void disablePointSortOptimization() { + this.pointSortOptimizationDisabled = true; + } Review comment: personally i think the default is handled by the boolean defaulting to `true` ? Just thinking that an ordinary getter/setter is the most obvious way to control it to have an intuitive API. It already looks much better -- 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