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@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ simultaneous client readers, who can read and query the view while the index
is concurrently being refreshed for other clients without causing problems
for the readers.
-As documents are examined, their previous row values are removed from the
-view indexes, if they exist. If the document is selected by a view function,
-the function results are inserted into the view as a new row.
+As documents are processed by the view engine through your 'map' and 'reduce'
+functions, their previous row values are removed from the view indexes, if
+they exist. If the document is selected by a view function, the function results
+are inserted into the view as a new row.
When view index changes are written to disk, the updates are always appended
at the end of the file, serving to both reduce disk head seek times during