int sqlite3Fts3SegReaderStep(
  Fts3Table *p,                   /* Virtual table handle */
  Fts3MultiSegReader *pCsr        /* Cursor object */
){
  int rc = SQLITE_OK;

  int isIgnoreEmpty =  (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_IGNORE_EMPTY);
  int isRequirePos =   (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_REQUIRE_POS);
  int isColFilter =    (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_COLUMN_FILTER);
  int isPrefix =       (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_PREFIX);
  int isScan =         (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_SCAN);
  int isFirst =        (pCsr->pFilter->flags & FTS3_SEGMENT_FIRST);

  Fts3SegReader **apSegment = pCsr->apSegment;
  int nSegment = pCsr->nSegment;
  Fts3SegFilter *pFilter = pCsr->pFilter;
  int (*xCmp)(Fts3SegReader *, Fts3SegReader *) = (
    p->bDescIdx ? fts3SegReaderDoclistCmpRev : fts3SegReaderDoclistCmp
  );

  if( pCsr->nSegment==0 ) return SQLITE_OK;

  do {
    int nMerge;
    int i;
  
    /* Advance the first pCsr->nAdvance entries in the apSegment[] array
    ** forward. Then sort the list in order of current term again.  
    */
    for(i=0; i<pCsr->nAdvance; i++){
      Fts3SegReader *pSeg = apSegment[i];
      if( pSeg->bLookup ){
        fts3SegReaderSetEof(pSeg);
      }else{
        rc = fts3SegReaderNext(p, pSeg, 0);
      }
      if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) return rc;
    }
    fts3SegReaderSort(apSegment, nSegment, pCsr->nAdvance, fts3SegReaderCmp);
    pCsr->nAdvance = 0;

    /* If all the seg-readers are at EOF, we're finished. return SQLITE_OK. */
    assert( rc==SQLITE_OK );
    if( apSegment[0]->aNode==0 ) break;

    pCsr->nTerm = apSegment[0]->nTerm;
    pCsr->zTerm = apSegment[0]->zTerm;

    /* If this is a prefix-search, and if the term that apSegment[0] points
    ** to does not share a suffix with pFilter->zTerm/nTerm, then all 
    ** required callbacks have been made. In this case exit early.
    **
    ** Similarly, if this is a search for an exact match, and the first term
    ** of segment apSegment[0] is not a match, exit early.
    */
    if( pFilter->zTerm && !isScan ){
      if( pCsr->nTerm<pFilter->nTerm 
       || (!isPrefix && pCsr->nTerm>pFilter->nTerm)
       || memcmp(pCsr->zTerm, pFilter->zTerm, pFilter->nTerm) 
      ){
        break;
      }
    }

    nMerge = 1;
    while( nMerge<nSegment 
        && apSegment[nMerge]->aNode
        && apSegment[nMerge]->nTerm==pCsr->nTerm 
        && 0==memcmp(pCsr->zTerm, apSegment[nMerge]->zTerm, pCsr->nTerm)
    ){
      nMerge++;
    }

    assert( isIgnoreEmpty || (isRequirePos && !isColFilter) );
    if( nMerge==1 
     && !isIgnoreEmpty 
     && !isFirst 
     && (p->bDescIdx==0 || fts3SegReaderIsPending(apSegment[0])==0)
    ){
      pCsr->nDoclist = apSegment[0]->nDoclist;
      if( fts3SegReaderIsPending(apSegment[0]) ){
        rc = fts3MsrBufferData(pCsr, apSegment[0]->aDoclist, pCsr->nDoclist);
        pCsr->aDoclist = pCsr->aBuffer;
      }else{
        pCsr->aDoclist = apSegment[0]->aDoclist;
      }
      if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = SQLITE_ROW;
    }else{
      int nDoclist = 0;           /* Size of doclist */
      sqlite3_int64 iPrev = 0;    /* Previous docid stored in doclist */

      /* The current term of the first nMerge entries in the array
      ** of Fts3SegReader objects is the same. The doclists must be merged
      ** and a single term returned with the merged doclist.
      */
      for(i=0; i<nMerge; i++){
        fts3SegReaderFirstDocid(p, apSegment[i]);
      }
      fts3SegReaderSort(apSegment, nMerge, nMerge, xCmp);
      while( apSegment[0]->pOffsetList ){
        int j;                    /* Number of segments that share a docid */
        char *pList = 0;
        int nList = 0;
        int nByte;
        sqlite3_int64 iDocid = apSegment[0]->iDocid;
        fts3SegReaderNextDocid(p, apSegment[0], &pList, &nList);
        j = 1;
        while( j<nMerge
            && apSegment[j]->pOffsetList
            && apSegment[j]->iDocid==iDocid
        ){
          fts3SegReaderNextDocid(p, apSegment[j], 0, 0);
          j++;
        }

        if( isColFilter ){
          fts3ColumnFilter(pFilter->iCol, 0, &pList, &nList);
        }

        if( !isIgnoreEmpty || nList>0 ){

          /* Calculate the 'docid' delta value to write into the merged 
          ** doclist. */
          sqlite3_int64 iDelta;
          if( p->bDescIdx && nDoclist>0 ){
            if( iPrev<=iDocid ) return FTS_CORRUPT_VTAB;
            iDelta = iPrev - iDocid;
          }else{
            if( nDoclist>0 && iPrev>=iDocid ) return FTS_CORRUPT_VTAB;
            iDelta = iDocid - iPrev;
          }

          nByte = sqlite3Fts3VarintLen(iDelta) + (isRequirePos?nList+1:0);
          if( nDoclist+nByte>pCsr->nBuffer ){
            char *aNew;
            pCsr->nBuffer = (nDoclist+nByte)*2;
            aNew = sqlite3_realloc(pCsr->aBuffer, pCsr->nBuffer);
            if( !aNew ){
              return SQLITE_NOMEM;
            }
            pCsr->aBuffer = aNew;
          }

          if( isFirst ){
            char *a = &pCsr->aBuffer[nDoclist];
            int nWrite;
           
            nWrite = sqlite3Fts3FirstFilter(iDelta, pList, nList, a);
            if( nWrite ){
              iPrev = iDocid;
              nDoclist += nWrite;
            }
          }else{
            nDoclist += sqlite3Fts3PutVarint(&pCsr->aBuffer[nDoclist], iDelta);
            iPrev = iDocid;
            if( isRequirePos ){
              memcpy(&pCsr->aBuffer[nDoclist], pList, nList);
              nDoclist += nList;
              pCsr->aBuffer[nDoclist++] = '\0';
            }
          }
        }

        fts3SegReaderSort(apSegment, nMerge, j, xCmp);
      }
      if( nDoclist>0 ){
        pCsr->aDoclist = pCsr->aBuffer;
        pCsr->nDoclist = nDoclist;
        rc = SQLITE_ROW;
      }
    }
    pCsr->nAdvance = nMerge;
  }while( rc==SQLITE_OK );

  return rc;
}