Multi-stream: toMap's merge function runs only on a collision

Merging two feeds through toMap calls the merge function once per duplicate key, not once per row. That matters when the merge is expensive - and it means a merge function that is never called is a merge rule nobody has tested.

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Published 2026-09-20

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