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    Type:Improvement 
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    Resolution: Unresolved
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    Priority:Major - P3 
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    Component/s: Querying
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        Query Optimization
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Currently, as part of SERVER-23172 collated queries will disallow use of a collated index if query bounds contain an object or array, even if the bounds do not contain a nested string.
We should consider recursively exploring the bounds to determine if they do in fact contain a string. Currently we are excessively strict in requiring index collation to match query-collation on certain queries.
This behavior also affects covering analysis.
The CollationIndexKey class is responsible for key translation and determining whether a given element requires a collation-aware index key.