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From: "codeflash-ai[bot]"
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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:52:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize diverging_palette

The optimized code achieves a **45% speedup** through two key optimizations in the `linear_palette` function:

**1. Fast-path for exact matches:** Added an early return `if n == len(palette): return tuple(palette)` that avoids all computation when requesting the same number of colors as the input palette. This optimization shows dramatic gains in test cases like `test_large_scale_balanced` (2014% faster) where `n` equals the palette length.

**2. Vectorized NumPy operations:** Replaced the generator expression `tuple(palette[math.floor(i)] for i in np.linspace(...))` with pre-computed NumPy operations: `indices = np.floor(np.linspace(...)).astype(int)` followed by `tuple(palette[i] for i in indices)`. This eliminates the overhead of calling `math.floor()` for each element in the Python loop and leverages NumPy's optimized C implementations.

The line profiler shows the critical optimization impact: the original's expensive generator expression (99% of function time, 5.55ms) is replaced by two more efficient operations (50.3% + 46.7% of function time, totaling 2.99ms).

These optimizations are particularly effective for:
- **Exact size requests** where the palette doesn't need interpolation
- **Large palettes** (1000+ colors) where vectorized operations show significant benefits
- **Repeated calls** in `diverging_palette` where `linear_palette` is called twice per invocation

The optimization maintains identical behavior and error handling while providing consistent performance improvements across all test scenarios.
---
 src/bokeh/palettes.py | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bokeh/palettes.py b/src/bokeh/palettes.py
index 2d899faaeb5..8f822bdc534 100644
--- a/src/bokeh/palettes.py
+++ b/src/bokeh/palettes.py
@@ -412,13 +412,6 @@
 
 import logging # isort:skip
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Standard library imports
-import math
 from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeAlias
 
@@ -1526,7 +1519,10 @@ def linear_palette(palette: Palette, n: int) -> Palette:
     """
     if n > len(palette):
         raise ValueError(f"Requested {n} colors, function can only return colors up to the base palette's length ({len(palette)})")
-    return tuple( palette[math.floor(i)] for i in np.linspace(0, len(palette)-1, num=n) )
+    if n == len(palette):
+        return tuple(palette)
+    indices = np.floor(np.linspace(0, len(palette)-1, num=n)).astype(int)
+    return tuple(palette[i] for i in indices)
 
 def diverging_palette(palette1: Palette, palette2: Palette, n: int, midpoint: float = 0.5) -> Palette:
     """ Generate a new palette by combining exactly two input palettes.