/// <summary> /// Compares with another buffer by comparing the next item of each buffer. /// </summary> /// <param name="other">another buffer</param> /// <returns>the comparison of the two buffers</returns> public int CompareTo(RecordReaderBuffer <T> other) { int comparison = _comparer.Compare(_cache, other._cache); if (comparison == 0 && _stableExternalSortTempFile) { //records are the same, as a last resort, compare the file metadata return(Order - other.Order); } // return the comparer comparison return(comparison); }
/// <summary> /// Compares with another buffer by comparing the next item of each buffer. /// </summary> /// <param name="other">another buffer</param> /// <returns>the comparison of the two buffers</returns> public int CompareTo(RecordReaderBuffer <T> other) { return(_comparer.Compare(_cache, other._cache)); }