* lib: for sorting dates, use the strings as recorded in Xapian, rather than

converting to time_t; this saves ~ 5% when we list threaded results
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djcb 2012-09-19 16:55:44 +03:00
parent 9e6566989a
commit 6c071d940b
2 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -67,7 +67,13 @@ mu_msg_doc_get_str_field (MuMsgDoc *self, MuMsgFieldId mfid)
{
g_return_val_if_fail (self, NULL);
g_return_val_if_fail (mu_msg_field_id_is_valid(mfid), NULL);
g_return_val_if_fail (mu_msg_field_is_string(mfid), NULL);
// disable this check:
// g_return_val_if_fail (mu_msg_field_is_string(mfid), NULL);
// because it's useful to get numerical field as strings,
// for example when sorting (which is much faster if don't
// have to convert to numbers first, esp. when it's a date
// time_t)
try {
const std::string s (self->doc().get_value(mfid));

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@ -779,14 +779,17 @@ mu_msg_cmp (MuMsg *m1, MuMsg *m2, MuMsgFieldId mfid)
g_return_val_if_fail (m2, 0);
g_return_val_if_fail (mu_msg_field_id_is_valid(mfid), 0);
/* even though date is a numeric field, we can sort it by its
* string repr. in the database, which is much faster */
if (mfid == MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_DATE ||
mu_msg_field_is_string (mfid))
return cmp_str (get_str_field (m1, mfid),
get_str_field (m2, mfid));
if (mfid == MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_SUBJECT)
return cmp_subject (get_str_field (m1, mfid),
get_str_field (m2, mfid));
if (mu_msg_field_is_string (mfid))
return cmp_str (get_str_field (m1, mfid),
get_str_field (m2, mfid));
/* TODO: note, we cast (potentially > MAXINT to int) */
if (mu_msg_field_is_numeric (mfid))
return get_num_field(m1, mfid) - get_num_field(m2, mfid);