Does publishing require Fast query?

[dsolovay]

Determine if Sitecore publishing requires Fast query. If yes, determine required scope for fast query implementation, and whether this could be resolved by removing "fast:" prefix and leveraging SelectIds.

[dsolovay]

Fast query did not appear to be used by Sitecore 7. I added a test line of code to the fast query logic to throw an exception inside the Fast Query loigic, and this did not prevent Sitecore 7 publishing from working. I will retest with Sitecore 6.6.