int Arg_comparator::compare_row()
{
  int res= 0;
  bool was_null= 0;
  (*a)->bring_value();
  (*b)->bring_value();

  if ((*a)->null_value || (*b)->null_value)
  {
    owner->null_value= 1;
    return -1;
  }

  uint n= (*a)->cols();
  for (uint i= 0; i<n; i++)
  {
    res= comparators[i].compare();
    /* Aggregate functions don't need special null handling. */
    if (owner->null_value && owner->type() == Item::FUNC_ITEM)
    {
      // NULL was compared
      switch (((Item_func*)owner)->functype()) {
      case Item_func::NE_FUNC:
        break; // NE never aborts on NULL even if abort_on_null is set
      case Item_func::LT_FUNC:
      case Item_func::LE_FUNC:
      case Item_func::GT_FUNC:
      case Item_func::GE_FUNC:
        return -1; // <, <=, > and >= always fail on NULL
      case Item_func::EQ_FUNC:
        if (((Item_func_eq*)owner)->abort_on_null)
          return -1; // We do not need correct NULL returning
        break;
      default:
        DBUG_ASSERT(0);
        break;
      }
      was_null= 1;
      owner->null_value= 0;
      res= 0;  // continue comparison (maybe we will meet explicit difference)
    }
    else if (res)
      return res;
  }
  if (was_null)
  {
    /*
      There was NULL(s) in comparison in some parts, but there was no
      explicit difference in other parts, so we have to return NULL.
    */
    owner->null_value= 1;
    return -1;
  }
  return 0;
}