avoid Array.from if possible

src/channel.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function valueObject(channels, scales) {
   for (const channelName in channels) {
     const {scale: scaleName, value} = channels[channelName];
     const scale = scales[scaleName];
-    values[channelName] = scale === undefined ? value : Array.from(value, scale);
+    values[channelName] = scale === undefined ? value : map(value, scale);
   }
   return values;
 }

src/legends/ramp.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {create, quantize, interpolateNumber, piecewise, format, scaleBand, scaleLinear, axisBottom} from "d3";
 import {inferFontVariant} from "../axes.js";
+import {map} from "../options.js";
 import {interpolatePiecewise} from "../scales/quantitative.js";
 import {applyInlineStyles, impliedString, maybeClassName} from "../style.js";
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ export function legendRamp(color, {
         .attr("height", height - marginTop - marginBottom)
         .attr("fill", d => d);
 
-    ticks = Array.from(thresholds, (_, i) => i);
+    ticks = map(thresholds, (_, i) => i);
     tickFormat = i => thresholdFormat(thresholds[i], i);
   }
 

src/options.js

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ const objectToString = Object.prototype.toString;
 
 // This allows transforms to behave equivalently to channels.
 export function valueof(data, value, arrayType) {
-  const array = arrayType === undefined ? Array : arrayType;
   const type = typeof value;
-  return type === "string" ? array.from(data, field(value))
-    : type === "function" ? array.from(data, value)
-    : type === "number" || value instanceof Date || type === "boolean" ? array.from(data, constant(value))
+  return type === "string" ? map(data, field(value), arrayType)
+    : type === "function" ? map(data, value, arrayType)
+    : type === "number" || value instanceof Date || type === "boolean" ? map(data, constant(value), arrayType)
     : value && typeof value.transform === "function" ? arrayify(value.transform(data), arrayType)
     : arrayify(value, arrayType); // preserve undefined type
 }
@@ -85,6 +84,12 @@ export function map(values, f, type = Array) {
   return values instanceof type ? values.map(f) : type.from(values, f);
 }
 
+// An optimization of type.from(values): if the given values are already an
+// instanceof the desired array type, the faster values.slice method is used.
+export function slice(values, type = Array) {
+  return values instanceof type ? values.slice() : type.from(values);
+}
+
 export function isTypedArray(values) {
   return values instanceof TypedArray;
 }
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ export function where(data, test) {
 
 // Returns an array [values[index[0]], values[index[1]], …].
 export function take(values, index) {
-  return Array.from(index, i => values[i]);
+  return map(index, i => values[i]);
 }
 
 // Based on InternMap (d3.group).
@@ -201,8 +206,8 @@ export function mid(x1, x2) {
       const X1 = x1.transform(data);
       const X2 = x2.transform(data);
       return isTemporal(X1) || isTemporal(X2)
-        ? Array.from(X1, (_, i) => new Date((+X1[i] + +X2[i]) / 2))
-        : Float64Array.from(X1, (_, i) => (+X1[i] + +X2[i]) / 2);
+        ? map(X1, (_, i) => new Date((+X1[i] + +X2[i]) / 2))
+        : map(X1, (_, i) => (+X1[i] + +X2[i]) / 2, Float64Array);
     },
     label: x1.label
   };

src/plot.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {Channel, channelObject, channelDomain, channelSort, valueObject} from ".
 import {defined} from "./defined.js";
 import {Dimensions} from "./dimensions.js";
 import {Legends, exposeLegends} from "./legends.js";
-import {arrayify, isOptions, isScaleOptions, keyword, range, second, where, yes} from "./options.js";
+import {arrayify, isOptions, isScaleOptions, keyword, map, range, second, where, yes} from "./options.js";
 import {Scales, ScaleFunctions, autoScaleRange, exposeScales} from "./scales.js";
 import {registry as scaleRegistry} from "./scales/index.js";
 import {applyInlineStyles, maybeClassName, maybeClip, styles} from "./style.js";
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function plot(options = {}) {
       }
       facetIndex = range(facetData);
       facets = facetGroups(facetIndex, facetChannels);
-      facetsIndex = Array.from(facets, second);
+      facetsIndex = facets.map(second);
     }
   }
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function applyScaleTransforms(channels, options) {
     const {scale} = channel;
     if (scale != null) {
       const {percent, transform = percent ? x => x * 100 : undefined} = options[scale] || {};
-      if (transform != null) channel.value = Array.from(channel.value, transform);
+      if (transform != null) channel.value = map(channel.value, transform);
     }
   }
   return channels;

src/scales.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {parse as isoParse} from "isoformat";
-import {isColor, isEvery, isOrdinal, isFirst, isTemporal, isTemporalString, isNumericString, isScaleOptions, isTypedArray, map, order} from "./options.js";
+import {isColor, isEvery, isOrdinal, isFirst, isTemporal, isTemporalString, isNumericString, isScaleOptions, isTypedArray, map, order, slice} from "./options.js";
 import {registry, color, position, radius, opacity, symbol, length} from "./scales/index.js";
 import {ScaleLinear, ScaleSqrt, ScalePow, ScaleLog, ScaleSymlog, ScaleQuantile, ScaleQuantize, ScaleThreshold, ScaleIdentity} from "./scales/quantitative.js";
 import {ScaleDiverging, ScaleDivergingSqrt, ScaleDivergingPow, ScaleDivergingLog, ScaleDivergingSymlog} from "./scales/diverging.js";
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ function exposeScale({
   const unknown = scale.unknown ? scale.unknown() : undefined;
   return {
     type,
-    domain: Array.from(domain), // defensive copy
-    ...range !== undefined && {range: Array.from(range)}, // defensive copy
+    domain: slice(domain), // defensive copy
+    ...range !== undefined && {range: slice(range)}, // defensive copy
     ...transform !== undefined && {transform},
     ...percent && {percent}, // only exposed if truthy
     ...label !== undefined && {label},

src/scales/ordinal.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {InternSet, quantize, reverse as reverseof, sort, symbolsFill, symbolsStroke} from "d3";
 import {scaleBand, scaleOrdinal, scalePoint, scaleImplicit} from "d3";
 import {ascendingDefined} from "../defined.js";
-import {isNoneish} from "../options.js";
+import {isNoneish, map} from "../options.js";
 import {maybeSymbol} from "../symbols.js";
 import {registry, color, symbol} from "./index.js";
 import {maybeBooleanRange, ordinalScheme, quantitativeScheme} from "./schemes.js";
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function ScaleOrdinal(key, channels, {
   let hint;
   if (registry.get(key) === symbol) {
     hint = inferSymbolHint(channels);
-    range = range === undefined ? inferSymbolRange(hint) : Array.from(range, maybeSymbol);
+    range = range === undefined ? inferSymbolRange(hint) : map(range, maybeSymbol);
   } else if (registry.get(key) === color) {
     if (range === undefined && (type === "ordinal" || type === ordinalImplicit)) {
       range = maybeBooleanRange(domain, scheme);

src/scales/quantitative.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   ticks
 } from "d3";
 import {positive, negative, finite} from "../defined.js";
-import {arrayify, constant, order} from "../options.js";
+import {arrayify, constant, order, slice} from "../options.js";
 import {ordinalRange, quantitativeScheme} from "./schemes.js";
 import {registry, radius, opacity, color, length} from "./index.js";
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function ScaleQ(key, scale, channels, {
   if (zero) {
     const [min, max] = extent(domain);
     if ((min > 0) || (max < 0)) {
-      domain = Array.from(domain);
+      domain = slice(domain);
       if (order(domain) < 0) domain[domain.length - 1] = 0;
       else domain[0] = 0;
     }

src/transforms/interval.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {range} from "d3";
-import {isTemporal, labelof, maybeValue, valueof} from "../options.js";
+import {isTemporal, labelof, map, maybeValue, valueof} from "../options.js";
 import {maybeInsetX, maybeInsetY} from "./inset.js";
 
 // TODO Allow the interval to be specified as a string, e.g. “day” or “hour”?
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function maybeIntervalK(k, maybeInsetK, options, trivial) {
   let D1, V1;
   function transform(data) {
     if (V1 !== undefined && data === D1) return V1; // memoize
-    return V1 = Array.from(valueof(D1 = data, value), v => interval.floor(v));
+    return V1 = map(valueof(D1 = data, value), v => interval.floor(v));
   }
   return maybeInsetK({
     ...options,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function maybeIntervalMidK(k, maybeInsetK, options) {
     [k]: {
       label: labelof(v),
       transform: data => {
-        const V1 = Array.from(valueof(data, value), v => interval.floor(v));
+        const V1 = map(valueof(data, value), v => interval.floor(v));
         const V2 = V1.map(v => interval.offset(v));
         return V1.map(isTemporal(V1)
           ? (v1, v2) => v1 == null || isNaN(v1 = +v1) || (v2 = V2[v2], v2 == null) || isNaN(v2 = +v2) ? undefined : new Date((v1 + v2) / 2)