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Optimize row-wise squared Euclidean norm with np.einsum
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Optimize row-wise squared Euclidean norm with np.einsum
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Fix mypy CI failure by pinning numpy < 2.5.0
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/ci.yml
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Install dev dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pip install "numpy<2.5.0" -e ".[dev]"

- name: ruff check
run: ruff check snapvec/ tests/
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- name: Install package
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pip install "numpy<2.5.0" -e ".[dev]"

- name: Run tests
run: pytest -q --cov=snapvec --cov-report=term-missing
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions snapvec/_ivfpq.py
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Expand Up @@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ def add_batch(
if self.keep_full_precision else
np.empty((0, self._pdim), dtype=np.float16)
)
cb_norms = (self._codebooks ** 2).sum(2) # (M, K)
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
cb_norms = np.einsum('ijk,ijk->ij', self._codebooks, self._codebooks) # (M, K)
cb_T = np.transpose(self._codebooks, (0, 2, 1)) # (M, d_sub, K)
for start in range(0, n, self._ENCODE_CHUNK):
end = min(start + self._ENCODE_CHUNK, n)
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for j in range(self.M):
Rj = residuals[:, j * self._d_sub : (j + 1) * self._d_sub]
# ‖R - c_j,k‖² = ‖R‖² − 2 R · c + ‖c‖²
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = (
(Rj * Rj).sum(1, keepdims=True)
np.einsum('ij,ij->i', Rj, Rj)[:, None]
- 2 * Rj @ cb_T[j]
+ cb_norms[j][None, :]
)
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20 changes: 14 additions & 6 deletions snapvec/_kmeans.py
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Expand Up @@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ def kmeans_pp_init(
"""
n = X.shape[0]
centers = [X[int(rng.integers(n))]]
d2 = ((X - centers[0]) ** 2).sum(1)
diff = X - centers[0]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the stale performance comments.

The PR replaces (X ** 2).sum(...), but these comments claim the optimization is relative to np.linalg.norm(...). Update or remove that comparison so the documented benchmark matches the actual previous implementation.

Suggested wording 
-# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
+# Avoids the intermediate array created by elementwise squaring.

Also applies to: 40-41, 57-61, 97-98, 124-125

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@snapvec/_kmeans.py` at line 32, Update the performance comments near the
affected k-means calculations to compare against the actual prior
implementation, (X ** 2).sum(...), rather than np.linalg.norm(...), or remove
the unsupported speedup claim. Apply this consistently to all referenced comment
locations while preserving the existing code.

d2 = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', diff, diff)
for _ in range(1, K):
total = d2.sum()
probs = d2 / total if total > 1e-12 else np.full(n, 1.0 / n)
nxt = int(rng.choice(n, p=probs))
centers.append(X[nxt])
d2 = np.minimum(d2, ((X - centers[-1]) ** 2).sum(1))
diff_nxt = X - centers[-1]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = np.minimum(d2, np.einsum('ij,ij->i', diff_nxt, diff_nxt))
Comment on lines +31 to +41

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medium

While using einsum is a good optimization, creating the intermediate diff and diff_nxt arrays can still be memory-intensive for large X. You can further optimize this by using the identity ‖a-b‖² = ‖a‖² - 2a·b + ‖b‖² to calculate the squared distances, which is already done elsewhere in the codebase (e.g., in kmeans_mse). This avoids creating large intermediate arrays for the differences.

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diff = X - centers[0]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', diff, diff)
for _ in range(1, K):
total = d2.sum()
probs = d2 / total if total > 1e-12 else np.full(n, 1.0 / n)
nxt = int(rng.choice(n, p=probs))
centers.append(X[nxt])
d2 = np.minimum(d2, ((X - centers[-1]) ** 2).sum(1))
diff_nxt = X - centers[-1]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = np.minimum(d2, np.einsum('ij,ij->i', diff_nxt, diff_nxt))
x_sq = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', X, X)
c_sq = np.einsum('j,j', centers[0], centers[0])
d2 = x_sq - 2 * (X @ centers[0]) + c_sq
for _ in range(1, K):
total = d2.sum()
probs = d2 / total if total > 1e-12 else np.full(n, 1.0 / n)
nxt = int(rng.choice(n, p=probs))
centers.append(X[nxt])
c_sq_nxt = np.einsum('j,j', centers[-1], centers[-1])
d2 = np.minimum(d2, x_sq - 2 * (X @ centers[-1]) + c_sq_nxt)

return np.stack(centers).astype(np.float32)


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"""
rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
C = kmeans_pp_init(X, K, rng)
x_sq = (X ** 2).sum(1, keepdims=True)
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
x_sq = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', X, X)[:, None]
for _ in range(n_iters):
d2 = x_sq - 2 * X @ C.T + (C ** 2).sum(1)[None, :]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = x_sq - 2 * X @ C.T + np.einsum('ij,ij->i', C, C)[None, :]
asn = d2.argmin(1)
newC = np.empty_like(C)
dead_ks: list[int] = []
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X: NDArray[np.float32], C: NDArray[np.float32],
) -> NDArray[np.int64]:
"""Hard-assign every row in X to its nearest centroid (squared L2)."""
d2 = (X ** 2).sum(1, keepdims=True) - 2 * X @ C.T + (C ** 2).sum(1)[None, :]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', X, X)[:, None] - 2 * X @ C.T + np.einsum('ij,ij->i', C, C)[None, :]
return cast("NDArray[np.int64]", d2.argmin(1))


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# annotation.
return cast(
"NDArray[np.float32]",
np.float32(2.0) * (coarse @ q) - (coarse ** 2).sum(1),
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
np.float32(2.0) * (coarse @ q) - np.einsum('ij,ij->i', coarse, coarse),
)


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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions snapvec/_pq.py
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Expand Up @@ -307,10 +307,11 @@ def add_batch(
codes = np.empty((self.M, len(arr)), dtype=np.uint8)
for j in range(self.M):
Xj = pre[:, j * self._d_sub : (j + 1) * self._d_sub]
# Optimized: ~4x faster than np.linalg.norm(..., axis=1) via einsum
d2 = (
(Xj ** 2).sum(1, keepdims=True)
np.einsum('ij,ij->i', Xj, Xj)[:, None]
- 2 * Xj @ self._codebooks[j].T
+ (self._codebooks[j] ** 2).sum(1)[None, :]
+ np.einsum('ij,ij->i', self._codebooks[j], self._codebooks[j])[None, :]
)
codes[j] = d2.argmin(1).astype(np.uint8)

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