Fix f32 precision loss for high-rate datetime axes (issue #487) - #489
Fix f32 precision loss for high-rate datetime axes (issue #487)#489alastairtree wants to merge 1 commit into
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLinear axis mapping now preserves precision by applying affine transforms to encoded values. Chart view mapping constants include data scale and offset. Nonlinear axes retain the existing coordinate transformation path. ChangesLinear axis precision
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5401-5412: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftAdd a regression test for the affine mapping contract.
Use raw timestamps near
1.7e12with offset-encodedFloat32Arrayvalues. Verify adjacent points retain distinct pixel positions through the WebGL path. Also cover reversed and degenerate ranges, plus one nonlinear axis case.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@js/src/50_chartview.ts`:
- Around line 5401-5412: Add a regression test for the affine mapping logic
around _axisMode, using raw timestamps near 1.7e12 and offset-encoded
Float32Array values, then verify adjacent points produce distinct pixel
positions through the WebGL rendering path. Include assertions for reversed
ranges, degenerate ranges, and one nonlinear-axis case while preserving the
expected existing behavior.
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<violation number="1" location="js/src/40_gl.ts:138">
P2: When a linear view is deeply zoomed while the column remains centered on a much larger window, this subtracts two large f32 terms and quantizes the zoomed point spread again. Center the affine calculation around the current view, or re-center the encoding before these coefficients become large.</violation>
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P2: The new mode-0 branch skips `xyDecode`, which previously guarded against a zero/near-zero encoding scale via `encoded / max(abs(meta.y), 1e-30)`. With `map.x = 2/((hi-lo)*scale)` from `_map`, a `scale === 0` (or denormal-small) linear axis now yields `Infinity` for `mul` and `encoded * Infinity` in the shader, producing NaN/invalid clip positions, where the old `xyDecode` path kept the term finite. Consider clamping `abs(scale)` in the CPU fold (e.g. `const s = Math.abs(meta.scale) || 1e-30`) so the folded `mul` stays finite.</violation>
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| // in f32, which would discard low bits for high-magnitude axes (e.g. ms-since- | ||
| // epoch datetime). Non-linear axes decode first because their transforms are | ||
| // not affine. | ||
| if (mode == 0) return encoded * map.x + map.y; |
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P2: When a linear view is deeply zoomed while the column remains centered on a much larger window, this subtracts two large f32 terms and quantizes the zoomed point spread again. Center the affine calculation around the current view, or re-center the encoding before these coefficients become large.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At js/src/40_gl.ts, line 138:
<comment>When a linear view is deeply zoomed while the column remains centered on a much larger window, this subtracts two large f32 terms and quantizes the zoomed point spread again. Center the affine calculation around the current view, or re-center the encoding before these coefficients become large.</comment>
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@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ float xyAxisCoord(float encoded, vec2 meta, int mode, float constant) {
+ // in f32, which would discard low bits for high-magnitude axes (e.g. ms-since-
+ // epoch datetime). Non-linear axes decode first because their transforms are
+ // not affine.
+ if (mode == 0) return encoded * map.x + map.y;
return xyAxisCoord(encoded, meta, mode, constant) * map.x + map.y;
}
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| // in f32, which would discard low bits for high-magnitude axes (e.g. ms-since- | ||
| // epoch datetime). Non-linear axes decode first because their transforms are | ||
| // not affine. | ||
| if (mode == 0) return encoded * map.x + map.y; |
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P2: The new mode-0 branch skips xyDecode, which previously guarded against a zero/near-zero encoding scale via encoded / max(abs(meta.y), 1e-30). With map.x = 2/((hi-lo)*scale) from _map, a scale === 0 (or denormal-small) linear axis now yields Infinity for mul and encoded * Infinity in the shader, producing NaN/invalid clip positions, where the old xyDecode path kept the term finite. Consider clamping abs(scale) in the CPU fold (e.g. const s = Math.abs(meta.scale) || 1e-30) so the folded mul stays finite.
Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At js/src/40_gl.ts, line 138:
<comment>The new mode-0 branch skips `xyDecode`, which previously guarded against a zero/near-zero encoding scale via `encoded / max(abs(meta.y), 1e-30)`. With `map.x = 2/((hi-lo)*scale)` from `_map`, a `scale === 0` (or denormal-small) linear axis now yields `Infinity` for `mul` and `encoded * Infinity` in the shader, producing NaN/invalid clip positions, where the old `xyDecode` path kept the term finite. Consider clamping `abs(scale)` in the CPU fold (e.g. `const s = Math.abs(meta.scale) || 1e-30`) so the folded `mul` stays finite.</comment>
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@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ float xyAxisCoord(float encoded, vec2 meta, int mode, float constant) {
+ // in f32, which would discard low bits for high-magnitude axes (e.g. ms-since-
+ // epoch datetime). Non-linear axes decode first because their transforms are
+ // not affine.
+ if (mode == 0) return encoded * map.x + map.y;
return xyAxisCoord(encoded, meta, mode, constant) * map.x + map.y;
}
</file context>
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Aiming to fix #487 and as requested by @Alek99 am submitting thisPR which is just a copilot attempt at a fix and is not tested or reviewed properly, sorry! I am just trying to get the bug fixed but have very limited time to contribute properly.
Calendar timestamps (~1.7 × 10¹² ms since epoch) exceed f32's ~2²⁴ integer precision budget, causing the shader to collapse every timestamp within a ~200 s window to the same pixel column — producing the quantised, gapped rendering seen with high-rate time-series data.
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