[COUCHDB-801] Add 'ForceReReduce=true' option to views to ensure that reduce function is called

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: View Server Support
• Labels: map reduce rereduce

Environment

Any

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Bryan White
• Created: 16/Jun/10 04:24
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:29
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:29

Description

AFAIK there is no way to force a Map Reduce with rereduce=true to happen, other than creating an arbitrary large number of documents. So any bugs in handling reduce calls with rereduce=true might not be discovered at development time.
I propose something like a 'ForceReReduce=true' option which will call Reduce with rereduce=true (either once overall, or maybe once for each document) in order to shake any lurking bugs out of the tree.
If there is such a feature, I apologise; I've looked but can't find it.