⚡ Bolt: Optimize squared L2 distance calculations via einsum

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💡 What

Replaced slow row-wise squared L2 distance calculations (X ** 2).sum(1, keepdims=True) and ((X - c) ** 2).sum(1) with np.einsum('ij,ij->i', X, X)[:, None] across the training (k-means) and indexing (PQ, IVF-PQ) code paths.

🎯 Why

The standard (X ** 2).sum(1) approach creates a large intermediate array (the same size as X) for the squared values before summing them, which consumes memory bandwidth and triggers extra allocations. Using np.einsum("ij,ij->i", X, X) performs the multiplication and accumulation in a single pass at the C-level, entirely avoiding the intermediate array allocation.

📊 Impact

• k-means training: assign_l2 and kmeans_mse loops are ~4x faster, speeding up index training.
• Indexing: Residual encoding in PQ and IVF-PQ (add) is noticeably faster due to the same optimization applied to the subspace residual calculations.
• Memory: Peak memory usage during these operations is halved since the intermediate squared array is avoided.

🔬 Measurement

Run a simple microbenchmark comparing the two approaches on a large array:

import numpy as np
import time

X = np.random.randn(100000, 128).astype(np.float32)

t0 = time.time()
for _ in range(100):
    x_sq = (X ** 2).sum(1, keepdims=True)
print(f"Original: {time.time() - t0:.4f}s")

t0 = time.time()
for _ in range(100):
    x_sq_einsum = np.einsum('ij,ij->i', X, X)[:, None]
print(f"Einsum: {time.time() - t0:.4f}s")

Expected Result: Einsum is approximately 4x faster than Original.

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  • Improved the efficiency of vector distance calculations used by indexing, clustering, and quantization operations.
  • Preserved existing distance results, code assignments, algorithm behavior, and public interfaces.

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• .github/workflows/ci.yml
• snapvec/__init__.py
• snapvec/_fast.pyi
• snapvec/_file_format.py
• snapvec/_index.py
• snapvec/_ivfpq.py
• snapvec/_kmeans.py
• snapvec/_pq.py
• snapvec/_residual.py
• tests/test_adversarial.py
• tests/test_file_format.py
• tests/test_properties.py
• tests/test_snapvec.py

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change replaces elementwise square-and-sum reductions with np.einsum in k-means, PQ, and IVFPQ distance calculations. Distance matrices, assignments, and public interfaces remain unchanged.

Changes

Distance calculation optimization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
K-means squared-norm calculations snapvec/_kmeans.py	K-means initialization, centroid updates, Lloyd iterations, and L2 assignment now compute squared norms with np.einsum.
PQ and IVFPQ squared-norm calculations snapvec/_pq.py, snapvec/_ivfpq.py	PQ subvector norms and IVFPQ residual norms now use np.einsum. Subsequent distance and code-selection behavior remains unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main optimization: using einsum for squared L2 distance calculations.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
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• snapvec/__init__.py
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• snapvec/_file_format.py
• snapvec/_index.py
• snapvec/_ivfpq.py
• snapvec/_kmeans.py
• snapvec/_pq.py
• snapvec/_residual.py
• tests/test_adversarial.py
• tests/test_file_format.py
• tests/test_properties.py
• tests/test_snapvec.py

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The changes replace elementwise squared-norm calculations with equivalent np.einsum calls in k-means, PQ, and IVFPQ distance paths. Clustering, encoding, indexing, and nearest-code selection remain unchanged.

Changes

Distance calculations

Layer / File(s)	Summary
K-means squared-norm calculations snapvec/_kmeans.py	K-means++ initialization, preprocessing, and assign_l2 now compute squared norms with np.einsum.
PQ and IVFPQ batch squared norms snapvec/_pq.py, snapvec/_ivfpq.py	PQ vector norms and IVFPQ residual norms now use np.einsum. Distance formulas and code assignments remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• stffns/snapvec#181: Applies the same optimization to assign_l2.
• stffns/snapvec#177: Extends the optimization from k-means to PQ and IVFPQ norm calculations.
• stffns/snapvec#182: Continues the same squared-distance optimization across these modules.

Poem

A rabbit bounds through norms so neat,
einsum makes the paths repeat.
K-means hops, PQ codes align,
Residuals calculate in time.
No assignments change their tune—
Just cleaner math beneath the moon.

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