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Fix the audit's five P0s: facet by= length, object-numeric columns, colormap stop order, category-axis type_, tick labels past 1e6 - #507

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Fixes the five P0 (silent wrong output) findings from the 0.0.7 framework audit. Each was reproduced on origin/main before the change and has a regression test after it.

# Was Now
1 facet_chart(by=['a','b'], data=df) with 3 rows: every panel drew all 3 rows ValueError: facet_chart by= has 2 values but data has 3 rows … (chart- and mark-level data=)
2 scatter(x=[1, None, 3]), np.array([1,2,3], dtype=object), Decimals → categorical axis '1', '(missing)', '3' at 0,1,2 numeric axis with NaN holes, same rule as the color channel (_object_array_is_real_numeric); strings/bytes/bools/mixed stay categorical
3 colormap=[(1,'red'),(0,'blue')] → 255 red texels + 1 blue (CSS-style clamp) ValueError: colormap stop positions must be non-decreasing …
4 bar(x=['a','b']) + x_axis(type_='time') → kind: time, 1970 epoch ticks; type_='log' → category 0 off-axis build-time ValueError: x axis is categorical (2 categories …) and cannot be a time axis (G3)
5 ticks 1e6…1.3e6 step 5e4 labelled 1.0e6, 1.1e6, 1.1e6, 1.2e6, 1.2e6, 1.3e6, 1.3e6; 1,250,000 → 1.2e6 — browser, SVG, PNG, PDF alike mantissa digits follow the step: 1.00e6, 1.05e6, 1.10e6 …, 1.25e6; Python _exp_digits and TS expDigits are the same function, asserted equal by a node parity test

Notes

  • Mapping data= keeps its documented pass-through for scalars and short config lists (existing test_subset_data_masks_only_row_aligned_columns); the DataFrame case is the one that silently duplicated data.
  • Missing values in object columns become NaN through a shared columns.object_missing_to_nan, which also handles pd.NA (NumPy's astype(float) refuses it).
  • The CSS gradient-string colormap form is unchanged: CSS clamping is that grammar's rule. Only the (position, color) sequence form now rejects decreasing positions.
  • SI/offset axis labelling (1.25M) is the better long-term fix for Harden GL context-loss recovery and gate dashboard reliability in CI #5 and is listed as an improvement in the audit; this change removes the duplicate-label defect without changing the label style.

Spec

spec/design/chart-grammar.md G3 and the facet section, spec/api/styling.md colormap stops, spec/design/renderer-architecture.md §6.2.

Tests

New: test_object_numeric_columns.py, test_axis_type_conflicts.py, test_tick_label_precision.py (Python + node parity + exported SVG); additions to test_facets.py and test_custom_ramps_and_palette.py. Full suite, ruff check/format, ty check (no new diagnostics vs main) run locally.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Exponential tick labels retain enough precision to remain distinct on very large or small axes.
    • Numeric object columns with missing values are handled as continuous data with NaN gaps.
    • Invalid facet arrays now raise clear errors when lengths do not match the data.
    • Reversed colormap stops and incompatible scale types on categorical axes now raise clear errors.
    • Browser and static chart exports format tick labels consistently.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified colormap stop ordering, scale compatibility, numeric value detection, and facet array length requirements.

Before / after (live client, headless Chrome, same chart and view)

Fix 5, a 50,000-step axis from 1,000,000 to 1,300,000. Left: v0.0.7 labels. Right: this branch.

tick labels before and after

The other four fixes replace silent wrong output with a ValueError (1, 3, 4) or change axis classification (2), so their evidence is the regression tests rather than a picture.

…ap stop order, category-axis type_, tick labels past 1e6

Five silent-wrong-output defects found by the 0.0.7 audit, each reproduced
before the fix and covered by a test after it.

- facet_chart: a by= array whose length differs from the data's row count
  passed the DataFrame through unsplit, so every panel drew the whole dataset
  under its own label. It is now a ValueError naming both counts, for
  chart-level and mark-level data= tables alike. Mapping data keeps its
  documented pass-through for scalar and short config values.

- Category detection: an object-dtype column whose non-missing values are all
  real numbers (a list holding a None, an object ndarray, Decimals, a pandas
  object Series with NaN) became a categorical axis with labels '1',
  '(missing)', '3' at positions 0, 1, 2, while the color channel classified
  the same input as continuous. `Figure._is_category_like` now applies the
  color channel's rule (`channels._object_array_is_real_numeric`); missing
  entries ingest as NaN through a shared `columns.object_missing_to_nan`
  (pandas NA included, which NumPy alone refuses). Strings, bytes, bools and
  mixed values stay categorical.

- Colormap stops: out-of-order positioned stops were clamped CSS-style, so
  [(1, "red"), (0, "blue")] resolved to 255 red texels and one blue. A
  decreasing position is now a ValueError that points at the offending stop.

- Axes: `x_axis(type_="time"|"log"|"symlog")` on an axis the marks made
  categorical was accepted; time turned the labels into 1970 epoch ticks and
  log put category 0 off the axis. `_axis_kind` raises a build-time error
  (G3: scale conflicts are errors, not coercions).

- Tick labels: `_fmt_linear` / `fmtLinear` formatted every |v| >= 1e6 (or
  < 1e-4) tick with one mantissa decimal regardless of step, so a 50,000-step
  axis read "1.0e6, 1.1e6, 1.1e6, 1.2e6, 1.2e6, 1.3e6, 1.3e6" and 1,250,000
  was labelled "1.2e6" — in the browser, SVG, PNG and PDF alike. The mantissa
  now carries the digits between the value's magnitude and the step's last
  significant digit, implemented identically in Python and TypeScript with a
  node-backed parity test.

Spec: chart-grammar.md G3 (category/type conflict, value-based category
detection, by= row coverage), styling.md (non-decreasing stops),
renderer-architecture.md §6.2 (exponential label precision).
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The change updates chart input handling and validation, and changes exponential tick-label precision. Regression tests and documentation cover the updated behavior.

Changes: Chart validation and formatting

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Object-column numeric handling
python/xy/columns.py, python/xy/_figure.py, tests/test_object_numeric_columns.py, spec/design/chart-grammar.md
Object columns with real values and missing entries become numeric float columns with NaN holes. Strings, bytes, booleans, and mixed values remain categorical.
Axis type conflict validation
python/xy/_figure.py, tests/test_axis_type_conflicts.py, spec/design/chart-grammar.md
Forcing a time, log, or symlog scale on a categorical axis now raises ValueError, including when the axis has no category labels.
Facet row-count validation
python/xy/facets.py, python/xy/components.py, tests/test_facets.py, spec/design/chart-grammar.md
Mismatched by= lengths now raise ValueError. Facet validation includes plugin-declared columns and excludes CSS color literals from row-data checks.
Colormap stop ordering
python/xy/_validate.py, tests/test_custom_ramps_and_palette.py, spec/api/styling.md
Decreasing positioned stops now raise ValueError instead of being clamped.
Exponential tick precision
python/xy/_svg.py, js/src/30_ticks.ts, tests/test_tick_label_precision.py, spec/design/renderer-architecture.md, news/507.bugfix.md
Python and JavaScript formatters derive mantissa precision from the value and tick step. Tests cover distinct labels, SVG output, subnormal steps, half-up rounding, and Python/JavaScript parity.

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Change: Bug fix

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SVG export can fail when an application sets low decimal precision. The issue is narrow, but the formatter should use its own context.

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The title names five specific fixes: facet by= length validation, object-numeric column handling, colormap stop ordering, category-axis type_ errors, and tick label precision past 1e6. Each one matches a file group in the raw summary: facets.py, columns.py/_figure.py, _validate.py, the axis type tests, and the tick formatting in 30_ticks.ts and _svg.py. The title is specific and accurate. It does not describe the full set of spec and test changes, which is acceptable. The term P0 refers to audit priority and may need context for some readers, but it does not make the title misleading or vague.

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…g, exponential label edge cases

- facet_chart: a mapping-backed column that a mark channel names as row data
  must have the by= length too (checked in _facet_check_mark_channels, where
  the channel->column linkage is known); short config values in the mapping
  keep passing through.
- columns: the object->NaN hole-filling pass is counted as an ingest copy
  (§29 honest accounting).
- Exponential tick labels: clamp the step exponent so 10**e cannot underflow
  to zero on subnormal steps; raise the mantissa cap from 8 to 15 so a 1e-3
  step at 1e6 magnitude still labels distinctly; format the mantissa with
  JavaScript's half-up tie rounding on the exact binary value (Python's :e is
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  Parity test cases added for all three.

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Guard the parity test against unsupported Node.js versions.

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Exercise the successful mapping path.

This mapping case always raises on x. It does not prove that matching mapping columns are masked per panel or that short configuration values remain pass-through. Add a non-raising mapping case with x and y lengths equal to len(by), a shorter config value, and assertions for panel point counts and sliced values.

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- Around line 679-701: Increase the exponential-label digit cap from 15 to 16 in
_EXP_DIGITS_MAX within _exp_digits in python/xy/_svg.py (lines 679-701) and in
EXP_DIGITS_MAX within the JavaScript formatter at js/src/30_ticks.ts (lines
185-196). Add a regression case using adjacent f64 values with a one-ULP step,
while preserving f64 tick and hover calculations and the existing f32
offset-encoding behavior.

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- Line 5335: Update the row-validation branch in the relevant mark/channel
handling logic to resolve channel semantics by mark kind before treating a
string as a mapping-backed column. Skip literal color channels, including direct
CSS color strings used by line and scatter marks, and only perform the
mapping-key row-length check for channels that are data-backed.
- Line 5332: Update the facet row-check logic around _FACET_CHANNEL_PROPS to
include all registered MarkPlugin.columns in items before panels are built,
ensuring plugin-backed columns such as value participate in row-count validation
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… 16-digit label cap, node guard

- _facet_check_mark_channels also checks a plugin mark's declared columns, and
  skips a color channel whose value is a CSS color literal even when the
  mapping holds a key of that name (paint, not a row column).
- Exponential tick labels may carry 16 fractional digits (17 significant), so
  two adjacent f64 values at a one-ulp step still print distinctly; parity
  case added.
- The TS/Python parity test skips on node < 22.6 and passes
  --experimental-strip-types on 22.x instead of failing at the import.

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No blocking issues found. I checked out the PR head and built the core and the JS bundles. Then I ran each of the five fixes through the public API, with static export and with the live client in headless Chromium.

  • Facet by=: a length mismatch raises for a chart-level DataFrame, a chart-level mapping, a mark-level DataFrame and a mark-level mapping. A matching by=, by="col" and color="red" with a "red" key in the mapping still build.
  • Object-numeric columns: [1, None, 3], Decimals, pd.array(..., dtype="Int64") with pd.NA, and an object Series with NaN now give linear axes. Strings, mixed values and all-None columns stay categorical. Object date and datetime columns stay time axes.
  • Colormap: reversed positioned stops raise. The CSS-string form still clamps, and unpositioned middle stops still build.
  • Category axis type_: time, log and symlog raise; linear builds. A numeric axis with log is unaffected.
  • Tick labels: the live client shows 1.00e6 … 1.30e6 and the SVG export has the same labels. The 1e15 and float32 inputs also give distinct labels.

Ruff passes on the PR files, and all 30 CI checks are green on 5cfcc48. The full local suite gave 4082 passed and 1 failed. The failure is test_shared_glhost.py::test_mixed_size_presentation_at_device_pixel_ratio_two, a browser DPR test that this PR does not touch, and it passes in CI. I have three optional notes inline.


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// Cap: 16 fractional digits are 17 significant, the most any two adjacent f64
// values need to print distinctly (1e6 and its next float at a one-ulp step);
// beyond that only representation noise would print.
const EXP_DIGITS_MAX = 16;

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Optional, not blocking. With this cap a y label can now be 20 characters, and the left gutter does not fit it. Repro: xy.line_chart(xy.line([0, 1, 2], [1e15, 1e15 + 3, 1e15 + 6]), width=500, height=400).to_html(...). In headless Chromium every y label (1.000000000000000e15 … 1.000000000000006e15) starts at x = −9 to −12 px, so the leading 1. is clipped and the axis reads 000000000000006e15. The gutter estimate drift already exists on main (a 99990.00000001 label is also at −8 px), so this PR does not cause it. But the PR makes much longer labels possible. A follow-up could fix _estimateTickLabel for long labels, or use the SI/offset labels that the PR description mentions.


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panel's chart title is its facet label.
- **`by=` must cover every row.** A `by=` array whose length differs from the
data's row count (chart-level or mark-level `data=`) is a `ValueError`
(`facets._subset_data`); it used to pass the table through unsplit, so every

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Nit: this sentence says the check is in facets._subset_data and covers any data= table. That is true only for a DataFrame. For a mapping, components._facet_check_mark_channels does the check, and only on the columns that a mark channel names. A mismatched column that no channel names still passes through. For example, data={"x": [1, 2], "y": [4, 5], "extra": [1, 2, 3]}, by=["a", "b"] builds without an error. That behavior is intended and the PR notes describe it. Please name both places in the spec and state the mapping rule, so that the spec agrees with the code.


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if categories is not None and forced in ("time", "log", "symlog"):
raise ValueError(
f"{axis_id} axis is categorical ({len(categories)} categories from the "
f"marks) and cannot be a {forced} axis; drop type_= or pass numeric positions"

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Nit: the pyplot shim also reaches this error. fig, ax = xy.pyplot.subplots(); ax.bar(["a", "b"], [1, 2]); ax.set_xscale("log"); fig.savefig(...) now raises ... cannot be a log axis; drop type_= or pass numeric positions. A pyplot user does not set type_=, so the hint does not help them. Matplotlib accepts this call. Consider a shim-specific message, or a note in spec/matplotlib/compat.md.


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[Medium impact] The changes affect several core chart-building and rendering paths within the charting workflow.

Fix the Decimal-context export failure and matrix missing-value cleanup before merging.

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  1. P1 Decimal precision breaks exports ▶
  2. P1 Matrix missing values survive ▶

Summary

The PR fixes five chart-output problems:

  • Facet panels split data only when its rows match by=.
  • Object columns with real numbers stay numeric when values are missing.
  • Categorical axes reject forced time, log, and symlog types.
  • Positioned colormap stops must stay in non-decreasing order.
  • Large and tiny tick labels keep enough digits to stay distinct.

Two fixes need follow-up: exported labels depend on the caller's Decimal precision, and missing-value cleanup can write to a temporary copy for transposed matrices.

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Comment thread python/xy/_svg.py
Comment on lines +715 to +720
exact = Decimal(abs(v))
exponent = exact.adjusted()
quantum = Decimal(1).scaleb(-digits)
mantissa = exact.scaleb(-exponent).quantize(quantum, rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)
if mantissa >= 10: # 9.99 -> 10.0 carries into the exponent
mantissa = mantissa.scaleb(-1).quantize(quantum, rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)

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P1 Decimal precision breaks exports

If the caller sets decimal.localcontext() to prec=6, the new _fmt_exponential raises decimal.InvalidOperation when formatting 1000000.002 at a 0.001 step. scaleb first rounds the value, and quantize then needs more digits than the context allows. Chart exports inside that context fail, while browser labels still work.

Use a private Decimal context with enough precision and add a regression test.

Comment thread python/xy/columns.py
Comment on lines +645 to +646
out = arr.astype(object, copy=True)
out.reshape(-1)[missing] = np.nan

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P1 Matrix missing values survive

For a Fortran-order matrix, astype preserves the layout and out.reshape(-1) can create a copy. This assignment changes that temporary copy rather than out. A transposed object matrix containing pd.NA therefore reaches this helper through heatmap, keeps its missing value, and fails the later float conversion.

Assign through out.flat, or make out C-contiguous before reshaping, and add a transposed-matrix test.

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out = arr.astype(object, copy=True)
out.reshape(-1)[missing] = np.nan
out = arr.astype(object, copy=True)
out.flat[missing] = np.nan

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- Line 718: Update _fmt_linear to perform decimal scaling and quantization
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Comment thread python/xy/_svg.py
exact = Decimal(abs(v))
exponent = exact.adjusted()
quantum = Decimal(1).scaleb(-digits)
mantissa = exact.scaleb(-exponent).quantize(quantum, rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Use a local decimal context for tick formatting.

If a caller sets decimal precision to 6, _fmt_linear(1_000_001, 1) requests six fractional digits. quantize() then needs a seven-digit coefficient and raises InvalidOperation, so SVG rendering fails. Run the scaling and quantization in a local context with sufficient precision, independent of the caller's context. Python documents this precision limit for quantize(). (docs.python.org)

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Review comment at @python/xy/_svg.py at line 718:
Update _fmt_linear to perform decimal scaling and quantization within a local
decimal context whose precision is sufficient for the value and requested
fractional digits, independent of the caller’s decimal context; preserve the
existing rounding and tick-formatting behavior.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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