# Objective
- Fixes#14348
- Fixes#14528
- Less complex (but also likely less performant) alternative to #14611
## Solution
- Add a `is_dense` field flag to `QueryIter` indicating whether it is
dense or not, that is whether it can perform dense iteration or not;
- Check this flag any time iteration over a query is performed.
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It would be nice if someone could try benching this change to see if it
actually matters.
~Note that this not 100% ready for mergin, since there are a bunch of
safety comments on the use of the various `IS_DENSE` for checks that
still need to be updated.~ This is ready modulo benchmarks
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
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