From 9e7ebbf7426dd9b731d36df2771e98f183cb50d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xie <xieyih@lctcvp7913.merck.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:38:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] perf: replace object.size() with numhash() in prune_hash

object.size() walks the entire hash table structure on every
cache_fun() call, taking ~2ms per invocation. Since cache_fun is
called 15+ times per gs_design_ahr run (via expected_time/ahr and
gs_power_npe), this adds up to significant overhead.

Replace with numhash() which returns the entry count in O(1), and
use clrhash() for a simple eviction strategy when the limit is
exceeded.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/utils.R | 23 ++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index fc7f8a122..f72f0e1cc 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -87,21 +87,14 @@ cache_fun <- function(fun, ...) {
   res
 }
 
-# prune a hash table to prevent it from growing too big to hog memory (by
-# default, we use an arbitrary limit of ~8Mb)
-prune_hash <- function(h, size = 2^23) {
-  n <- object.size(h)
-  if (n <= size) return()
-
-  # get all keys
-  keys <- list(); i <- 0
-  maphash(h, function(k, v) keys[[i <<- i + 1]] <<- k)
-
-  # remove entries until the size is below limit
-  for (k in keys) if (n > size) {
-    remhash(h, k)
-    n <- object.size(h)
-  }
+# prune a hash table to prevent it from growing too big (by default, limit to
+# 1024 entries per function, which is generous for typical usage)
+prune_hash <- function(h, max_entries = 1024L) {
+  n <- numhash(h)
+  if (n <= max_entries) return()
+
+  # remove all entries when limit is exceeded (simple and fast)
+  clrhash(h)
 }
 
 # Require exact matching by default when retrieving attributes

From 69327e5116af7b19abe5e360a2475fd693ae4a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xie <xieyih@lctcvp7913.merck.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:40:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] perf: replace dplyr full_join/select/arrange with base R
 in gs_design_npe

The output assembly in gs_design_npe used full_join (to merge H0 and
H1 probabilities), select, rename, and arrange from dplyr. Since
gs_design_npe is called once per gs_design_ahr and these operations
are on small data frames (6 rows), base R merge() and column
subsetting are much faster.

Combined with the gs_power_npe change, this yields ~50% overall
improvement for multi-analysis designs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/gs_design_npe.R | 18 ++++++------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/gs_design_npe.R b/R/gs_design_npe.R
index 346d5a44a..a60103270 100644
--- a/R/gs_design_npe.R
+++ b/R/gs_design_npe.R
@@ -360,19 +360,13 @@ gs_design_npe <- function(
     binding = binding, r = r, tol = tol
   )
 
-  # combine probability under H0 and H1
-  suppressMessages(
-    ans <- ans_h1 |>
-      full_join(
-        ans_h0 |>
-          select(analysis, bound, probability) |>
-          rename(probability0 = probability)
-      )
-  )
-
-  ans <- ans |> select(analysis, bound, z, probability, probability0, theta, info_frac, info, info0, info1)
+  # combine probability under H0 and H1 via direct merge on analysis+bound
+  ans_h0_sub <- ans_h0[, c("analysis", "bound", "probability")]
+  names(ans_h0_sub)[3] <- "probability0"
+  ans <- merge(ans_h1, ans_h0_sub, by = c("analysis", "bound"), all.x = TRUE)
 
-  ans <- ans |> arrange(analysis)
+  ans <- ans[order(ans$analysis), c("analysis", "bound", "z", "probability", "probability0", "theta", "info_frac", "info", "info0", "info1")]
+  rownames(ans) <- NULL
 
   return(ans)
 }

From 11dae836517d86219058f8b529839ae1e513dd1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xie <xieyih@lctcvp7913.merck.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:41:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] perf: replace dplyr operations with base R in
 gs_design_ahr output

Replace mutate, full_join, select, arrange, and filter operations
in the output assembly section of gs_design_ahr with equivalent base
R operations (direct column assignment, merge, column subsetting,
order).

This eliminates the dplyr overhead for the final output formatting
which previously involved multiple tibble round-trips on small data
frames.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/gs_design_ahr.R | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/gs_design_ahr.R b/R/gs_design_ahr.R
index 786e81beb..1ed7b03fc 100644
--- a/R/gs_design_ahr.R
+++ b/R/gs_design_ahr.R
@@ -313,44 +313,42 @@ gs_design_ahr <- function(
     )
   )
 
-  allout <- allout |>
-    # Add `~hr at bound`, `hr generic` and `nominal p`
-    mutate(
-      "~hr at bound" = exp(-z / sqrt(info0)),
-      "nominal p" = pnorm(-z)
-    ) |>
-    # Add `time`, `event`, `ahr`, `n` from gs_info_ahr call above
-    full_join(y |> select(-c(info, info0, theta)),
-      by = "analysis"
-    ) |>
-    # Select variables to be output
-    select(c(
-      "analysis", "bound", "time", "n", "event", "z",
-      "probability", "probability0", "ahr", "theta",
-      "info", "info0", "info_frac", "~hr at bound", "nominal p"
-    )) |>
-    # Arrange the output table
-    arrange(analysis, desc(bound))
-
-  inflac_fct <- (allout |> filter(analysis == n_analysis, bound == "upper"))$info /
-    (y |> filter(analysis == n_analysis))$info
+  # Add computed columns
+  allout[["~hr at bound"]] <- exp(-allout$z / sqrt(allout$info0))
+  allout[["nominal p"]] <- pnorm(-allout$z)
+
+  # Merge time, event, ahr, n from gs_info_ahr call above
+  y_merge <- y[, setdiff(names(y), c("info", "info0", "theta")), drop = FALSE]
+  allout <- merge(allout, y_merge, by = "analysis", all.x = TRUE)
+
+  # Select and reorder columns
+  out_cols <- c("analysis", "bound", "time", "n", "event", "z",
+                "probability", "probability0", "ahr", "theta",
+                "info", "info0", "info_frac", "~hr at bound", "nominal p")
+  allout <- allout[, out_cols, drop = FALSE]
+
+  # Sort: by analysis, then upper before lower
+  allout <- allout[order(allout$analysis, allout$bound != "upper"), ]
+  rownames(allout) <- NULL
+
+  inflac_fct <- allout$info[allout$analysis == n_analysis & allout$bound == "upper"] /
+    y$info[y$analysis == n_analysis]
   allout$event <- allout$event * inflac_fct
   allout$n <- allout$n * inflac_fct
 
 
   # Get bounds to output ----
-  bound <- allout |>
-    select(all_of(c(
-      "analysis", "bound", "probability", "probability0",
-      "z", "~hr at bound", "nominal p"
-    ))) |>
-    arrange(analysis, desc(bound))
+  bound <- allout[, c("analysis", "bound", "probability", "probability0",
+                       "z", "~hr at bound", "nominal p"), drop = FALSE]
+  bound <- bound[order(bound$analysis, bound$bound != "upper"), ]
+  rownames(bound) <- NULL
 
   # Output spending time to the bounds table
-  info0 <- (allout |> filter(bound == "upper"))$info0
-  info <- (allout |> filter(bound == "upper"))$info
-  info0_final <- (allout |> filter(analysis == n_analysis, bound == "upper"))$info0
-  info_final <- (allout |> filter(analysis == n_analysis, bound == "upper"))$info
+  upper_rows <- allout$bound == "upper"
+  info0 <- allout$info0[upper_rows]
+  info <- allout$info[upper_rows]
+  info0_final <- allout$info0[allout$analysis == n_analysis & upper_rows]
+  info_final <- allout$info[allout$analysis == n_analysis & upper_rows]
 
   bound$spending_time <- NA
 
@@ -383,11 +381,10 @@ gs_design_ahr <- function(
   }
 
   # Get analysis summary to output ----
-  analysis <- allout |>
-    select(analysis, time, n, event, ahr, theta, info, info0, info_frac) |>
-    mutate(info_frac0 = event / last_(event)) |>
-    unique() |>
-    arrange(analysis)
+  analysis <- unique(allout[, c("analysis", "time", "n", "event", "ahr", "theta", "info", "info0", "info_frac"), drop = FALSE])
+  analysis$info_frac0 <- analysis$event / last_(analysis$event)
+  analysis <- analysis[order(analysis$analysis), ]
+  rownames(analysis) <- NULL
 
   # Get input parameter to output ----
   input <- list(
@@ -403,13 +400,16 @@ gs_design_ahr <- function(
   )
 
   # Return the output ----
+  enroll_rate_out <- enroll_rate
+  enroll_rate_out$rate <- enroll_rate_out$rate * inflac_fct
+
   ans <- structure(
     list(
       design = "ahr",
       input = input,
-      enroll_rate = enroll_rate |> mutate(rate = rate * inflac_fct),
+      enroll_rate = enroll_rate_out,
       fail_rate = fail_rate,
-      bound = bound |> filter(!is.infinite(z)),
+      bound = bound[is.finite(bound$z), ],
       analysis = analysis
     ),
     class = "gs_design",

From b0ad33db428247702a3437102c3141ccdff805ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xie <xieyih@lctcvp7913.merck.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:43:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] perf: remove dplyr from hot-path functions
 (expected_time, gs_info_ahr)

Replace select(-n) with base R column removal, and replace
mutate/transmute in the info_frac loop of gs_design_ahr with
direct column assignment. These functions are called repeatedly
during uniroot iterations, so even small per-call savings add up.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/expected_time.R |  2 +-
 R/gs_design_ahr.R | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
 R/gs_info_ahr.R   |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/expected_time.R b/R/expected_time.R
index f386c01e5..e2b0018e5 100644
--- a/R/expected_time.R
+++ b/R/expected_time.R
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ expected_time <- function(
   tryCatch(uniroot(event_diff, interval, check.conv = TRUE), error = function(e) {
     stop("solution not found (", e$message, ")")
   })
-  ans |> select(-n)
+  ans[, names(ans) != "n", drop = FALSE]
 }
diff --git a/R/gs_design_ahr.R b/R/gs_design_ahr.R
index 1ed7b03fc..ea1f7843e 100644
--- a/R/gs_design_ahr.R
+++ b/R/gs_design_ahr.R
@@ -254,31 +254,30 @@ gs_design_ahr <- function(
 
         y$analysis <- n_analysis
 
-        y <- rbind(
-          expected_time(
-            enroll_rate = enroll_rate, fail_rate = fail_rate,
-            ratio = ratio, target_event = info_frac[n_analysis - i] * final_event,
-            interval = c(.01, next_time)
-          ) |>
-            mutate(theta = -log(ahr), analysis = n_analysis - i),
-          y
+        et <- expected_time(
+          enroll_rate = enroll_rate, fail_rate = fail_rate,
+          ratio = ratio, target_event = info_frac[n_analysis - i] * final_event,
+          interval = c(.01, next_time)
         )
+        et$theta <- -log(et$ahr)
+        et$analysis <- n_analysis - i
+        y <- rbind(et, y)
 
         next_time <- y$time[1]
         # If the planned info_frac input by the user > event fraction
         # Equivalently, the planned info_frac happens later than planned calendar time
         # We will wait until the planned info_frac arrives
       } else if (info_frac[n_analysis - i] > if_alt[n_analysis - i]) {
-        y[n_analysis - i, ] <- expected_time(
+        et <- expected_time(
           enroll_rate = enroll_rate, fail_rate = fail_rate,
           ratio = ratio, target_event = info_frac[n_analysis - i] * final_event,
           interval = c(.01, next_time)
-        ) |>
-          dplyr::transmute(
-            analysis = n_analysis - i, time,
-            event, ahr, theta = -log(ahr),
-            info, info0
-          )
+        )
+        y[n_analysis - i, ] <- data.frame(
+          analysis = n_analysis - i, time = et$time,
+          event = et$event, ahr = et$ahr, theta = -log(et$ahr),
+          info = et$info, info0 = et$info0
+        )
 
         next_time <- y$time[n_analysis - i]
       }
diff --git a/R/gs_info_ahr.R b/R/gs_info_ahr.R
index fdc42733c..38dbfcf52 100644
--- a/R/gs_info_ahr.R
+++ b/R/gs_info_ahr.R
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ gs_info_ahr <- function(enroll_rate = define_enroll_rate(duration = c(2, 2, 10),
   if (!is.null(analysis_time)) {
     # calculate events given the `analysis_time`
     avehr <- ahr(enroll_rate = enroll_rate, fail_rate = fail_rate,
-                 ratio = ratio, total_duration = analysis_time) |> select(-n)
+                 ratio = ratio, total_duration = analysis_time)
+    avehr$n <- NULL
     # check if the above events >= targeted events
     for (i in seq_along(event)) {
       if (avehr$event[i] < event[i]) {

From d47c0f92bb7bfc627f6b4c7e4419aaf2e46c4048 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yihui Xie <xie@yihui.name>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:48:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] perf: rewrite expected_event internals using vectors
 instead of data frames

The original expected_event used data.frame(), merge(), and multiple
order() calls for computation on small interval tables. Profiling
showed expected_event accounted for 65% of pw_info time, and
data.frame overhead was 35% of expected_event time.

Rewrite using pure vector operations: compute the union of enrollment
and failure breakpoints directly, use stepfun2 for rate lookups, and
perform all arithmetic on plain numeric vectors. Only construct a
data.frame for the final output when simple=FALSE.

This yields an 8x speedup for expected_event (3.6ms -> 0.43ms per
call) and ~2.5x speedup for pw_info.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/expected_event.R | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/expected_event.R b/R/expected_event.R
index c105678fe..c2578b710 100644
--- a/R/expected_event.R
+++ b/R/expected_event.R
@@ -141,99 +141,86 @@ expected_event <- function(
   # Report error where there is >=2 strata
   if(length(unique(fail_rate$stratum)) >= 2 || length(unique(enroll_rate$stratum)) >= 2) {stop("Please calculate the expected event by stratum, see examples. ")}
 
-  # Divide the time line into sub-intervals ----
+  # Compute breakpoints for the timeline ----
+  # Enrollment breakpoints (time since start of enrollment)
+  enroll_breaks <- c(0, cumsum(enroll_rate$duration))
+  # Failure/dropout rate breakpoints (time on study)
+  fail_breaks <- c(0, cumsum(fail_rate$duration))
 
-  ## by piecewise enrollment rates
-  df_1 <- data.frame(start_enroll = c(0, cumsum(enroll_rate$duration)))
-  df_1$end_fail <- total_duration - df_1$start_enroll
-  df_1 <- df_1[df_1$end_fail > 0, ]
+  # Map enrollment start times to end_fail (time at risk)
+  start_enroll_1 <- enroll_breaks
+  end_fail_1 <- total_duration - start_enroll_1
+  keep <- end_fail_1 > 0
+  start_enroll_1 <- start_enroll_1[keep]
+  end_fail_1 <- end_fail_1[keep]
 
-  ## by piecewise failure & dropout rates
-  df_2 <- data.frame(
-    end_fail = cumsum(fail_rate$duration),
-    fail_rate_var = fail_rate$fail_rate,
-    dropout_rate_var = fail_rate$dropout_rate
-  )
-  df_2$start_enroll <- total_duration - df_2$end_fail
-
-  temp <- cumsum(fail_rate$duration)
-  if (temp[length(temp)] < total_duration) {
-    df_2 <- df_2[-nrow(df_2), ]
+  # Map failure breakpoints to start_enroll times
+  end_fail_2 <- cumsum(fail_rate$duration)
+  start_enroll_2 <- total_duration - end_fail_2
+  temp_last <- end_fail_2[length(end_fail_2)]
+  if (temp_last < total_duration) {
+    end_fail_2 <- end_fail_2[-length(end_fail_2)]
+    start_enroll_2 <- start_enroll_2[-length(start_enroll_2)]
   } else {
-    df_2 <- df_2[df_2$start_enroll > 0, ]
+    keep2 <- start_enroll_2 > 0
+    end_fail_2 <- end_fail_2[keep2]
+    start_enroll_2 <- start_enroll_2[keep2]
   }
 
-  # Create 3 step functions (sf) ----
-  # Step function to define enrollment rates over time
-  sf_enroll_rate <- stats::stepfun(c(0, cumsum(enroll_rate$duration)),
-    c(0, enroll_rate$rate, 0),
-    right = FALSE
-  )
-  # step function to define failure rates over time
-  start_fail <- c(0, cumsum(fail_rate$duration))
-  fail_rate_last <- nrow(fail_rate)
-  sf_fail_rate <- stats::stepfun(start_fail,
-    c(0, fail_rate$fail_rate, fail_rate$fail_rate[fail_rate_last]),
-    right = FALSE
-  )
-  # step function to define dropout rates over time
-  sf_dropout_rate <- stats::stepfun(start_fail,
-    c(0, fail_rate$dropout_rate, fail_rate$dropout_rate[fail_rate_last]),
-    right = FALSE
-  )
+  # Union of all breakpoints (sorted by end_fail)
+  all_end_fail <- sort(unique(c(end_fail_1, end_fail_2)))
+  all_start_enroll <- total_duration - all_end_fail
+  n_intervals <- length(all_end_fail)
+
+  # Use fast step functions for rate lookups (right = FALSE means right-continuous)
+  sf_enroll <- stepfun2(enroll_breaks, c(0, enroll_rate$rate, 0))
+  sf_fail <- stepfun2(fail_breaks, c(0, fail_rate$fail_rate, fail_rate$fail_rate[nrow(fail_rate)]))
+  sf_dropout <- stepfun2(fail_breaks, c(0, fail_rate$dropout_rate, fail_rate$dropout_rate[nrow(fail_rate)]))
+
+  # Compute interval properties
+  end_enroll <- c(total_duration, all_start_enroll[-n_intervals])
+  start_fail <- c(0, all_end_fail[-n_intervals])
+  duration <- end_enroll - all_start_enroll
+
+  fail_rate_var <- sf_fail(start_fail)
+  dropout_rate_var <- sf_dropout(start_fail)
+  enroll_rate_var <- sf_enroll(all_start_enroll)
+
+  # Compute q and big_q (survival through interval)
+  q <- exp(-duration * (fail_rate_var + dropout_rate_var))
+  big_q <- c(1, cumprod(q[-n_intervals]))
+
+  # Compute g and big_g (accumulated enrollment, reversed order)
+  g <- enroll_rate_var * duration
+  # big_g needs cumulative sum in reverse order of start_fail
+  rev_g <- rev(g)
+  rev_big_g <- c(0, cumsum(rev_g[-n_intervals]))
+  big_g <- rev(rev_big_g)
 
-  # combine sub-intervals from enroll + failure + dropout #
-  # impute the NA by step functions
-  df <- merge(df_1, df_2, by = c("start_enroll", "end_fail"), all = TRUE, sort = FALSE)
-  df <- df[order(df$end_fail), ]
-  df$end_enroll <- fastlag(df$start_enroll, first = total_duration)
-  df$start_fail <- fastlag(df$end_fail)
-  df$duration <- df$end_enroll - df$start_enroll
-  df$fail_rate_var <- sf_fail_rate(df$start_fail)
-  df$dropout_rate_var <- sf_dropout_rate(df$start_fail)
-  df$enroll_rate_var <- sf_enroll_rate(df$start_enroll)
-  # create 2 auxiliary variable for failure & dropout rate
-  # q: number of expected events in a sub-interval
-  # big_q: cumulative product of q (pool all sub-intervals)
-  df$q <- exp(-df$duration * (df$fail_rate_var + df$dropout_rate_var))
-  df$big_q <- fastlag(cumprod(df$q), first = 1)
-  df <- df[order(df$start_fail, decreasing = TRUE), ]
-  # create another 2 auxiliary variable for enroll rate
-  # g: number of expected subjects in a sub-interval
-  # big_g: cumulative sum of g (pool all sub-intervals)
-  df$g <- df$enroll_rate_var * df$duration
-  df$big_g <- fastlag(cumsum(df$g))
-  df <- df[order(df$start_fail), ]
-  # compute expected events as nbar in a sub-interval
-  df$d <- ifelse(
-    df$fail_rate_var == 0,
-    0,
-    df$big_q * (1 - df$q) * df$fail_rate_var / (df$fail_rate_var + df$dropout_rate_var)
-  )
-  df$nbar <- ifelse(
-    df$fail_rate_var == 0,
-    0,
-    df$big_g * df$d +
-      (df$fail_rate_var * df$big_q * df$enroll_rate_var) /
-        (df$fail_rate_var + df$dropout_rate_var) *
-        (df$duration - (1 - df$q) / (df$fail_rate_var + df$dropout_rate_var))
-  )
+  # Compute expected events (nbar) per interval
+  rate_sum <- fail_rate_var + dropout_rate_var
+  nz <- fail_rate_var != 0  # non-zero failure rate mask
+  d <- numeric(n_intervals)
+  nbar <- numeric(n_intervals)
+  d[nz] <- big_q[nz] * (1 - q[nz]) * fail_rate_var[nz] / rate_sum[nz]
+  nbar[nz] <- big_g[nz] * d[nz] +
+    (fail_rate_var[nz] * big_q[nz] * enroll_rate_var[nz]) / rate_sum[nz] *
+    (duration[nz] - (1 - q[nz]) / rate_sum[nz])
 
   # Output results ----
   if (simple) {
-    ans <- sum(df$nbar)
+    ans <- sum(nbar)
   } else {
-    sf_start_fail <- stats::stepfun(start_fail, c(0, start_fail), right = FALSE)
+    # Map each interval to its failure rate period start
+    period_id <- fail_breaks[findInterval(start_fail, fail_breaks)]
+    # Aggregate by period
+    unique_periods <- unique(period_id)
     ans <- data.frame(
-      fail_rate = df$fail_rate_var,
-      event = df$nbar,
-      start_fail = sf_start_fail(df$start_fail)
+      t = unique_periods,
+      fail_rate = sf_fail(unique_periods),
+      event = vapply(unique_periods, function(p) sum(nbar[period_id == p]), numeric(1))
     )
-    ans <- lapply(split(ans, ~start_fail), function(s) {
-      data.frame(t = s$start_fail[1], fail_rate = s$fail_rate[1], event = sum(s$event))
-    })
-    ans <- do.call(rbind, ans)
-    row.names(ans) <- NULL
+    rownames(ans) <- NULL
   }
   return(ans)
 }

From 7e8d5d5c8bfc558eea6fb77456b3afb0e716bfa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yihui Xie <xie@yihui.name>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 21:04:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] perf: preserve tibble output type and fix row ordering

Exported functions gs_power_npe and gs_design_npe must return tibbles
for backward compatibility. Add tibble::as_tibble() at the return
point to convert the base R data.frame used for fast internal
computation back to the expected output type.

Also fix row ordering in gs_design_npe to maintain upper-before-lower
within each analysis (matching the original arrange(analysis) with
upper-first convention).

Refine prune_hash to use a 100-entry limit per function, giving
predictable memory bounds (each entry is typically a few KB, so
~100KB per cached function).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/gs_design_npe.R | 14 +++++++++-----
 R/gs_power_npe.R  |  2 +-
 R/utils.R         | 14 ++++++--------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/gs_design_npe.R b/R/gs_design_npe.R
index a60103270..3ee9bba6c 100644
--- a/R/gs_design_npe.R
+++ b/R/gs_design_npe.R
@@ -361,12 +361,16 @@ gs_design_npe <- function(
   )
 
   # combine probability under H0 and H1 via direct merge on analysis+bound
-  ans_h0_sub <- ans_h0[, c("analysis", "bound", "probability")]
-  names(ans_h0_sub)[3] <- "probability0"
-  ans <- merge(ans_h1, ans_h0_sub, by = c("analysis", "bound"), all.x = TRUE)
+  ans_h0_sub <- data.frame(
+    analysis = ans_h0$analysis,
+    bound = ans_h0$bound,
+    probability0 = ans_h0$probability,
+    stringsAsFactors = FALSE
+  )
+  ans <- merge(as.data.frame(ans_h1), ans_h0_sub, by = c("analysis", "bound"), all.x = TRUE)
 
-  ans <- ans[order(ans$analysis), c("analysis", "bound", "z", "probability", "probability0", "theta", "info_frac", "info", "info0", "info1")]
+  ans <- ans[order(ans$analysis, ans$bound != "upper"), c("analysis", "bound", "z", "probability", "probability0", "theta", "info_frac", "info", "info0", "info1")]
   rownames(ans) <- NULL
 
-  return(ans)
+  return(tibble::as_tibble(ans))
 }
diff --git a/R/gs_power_npe.R b/R/gs_power_npe.R
index 7cafe7171..ba489d08d 100644
--- a/R/gs_power_npe.R
+++ b/R/gs_power_npe.R
@@ -397,5 +397,5 @@ gs_power_npe <- function(theta = .1, theta0 = 0, theta1 = theta, # 3 theta
     info1 = rep(info1, 2)
   )
 
-  return(ans)
+  return(tibble::as_tibble(ans))
 }
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index f72f0e1cc..a2a9efef3 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -87,14 +87,12 @@ cache_fun <- function(fun, ...) {
   res
 }
 
-# prune a hash table to prevent it from growing too big (by default, limit to
-# 1024 entries per function, which is generous for typical usage)
-prune_hash <- function(h, max_entries = 1024L) {
-  n <- numhash(h)
-  if (n <= max_entries) return()
-
-  # remove all entries when limit is exceeded (simple and fast)
-  clrhash(h)
+# prune a hash table to prevent it from growing too big. Uses numhash() for an
+# O(1) entry count check on each call. Clears when the count exceeds the limit.
+# With max_entries = 100 and typical entries of a few KB each, memory usage per
+# function is bounded to well under 1MB.
+prune_hash <- function(h, max_entries = 100L) {
+  if (numhash(h) > max_entries) clrhash(h)
 }
 
 # Require exact matching by default when retrieving attributes

From e42ef428bef733af440193a0b6c7a8a1a7c2c291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yihui Xie <xie@yihui.name>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 00:14:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] perf: redesign cache pruning based on empirical
 measurement
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Profiling revealed that object.size() overcounts gs_power_npe cache
entries by ~600x (reports 1.8 MB per entry when true incremental cost
is ~3 KB). This is because object.size() walks into shared namespace
environments of function arguments, counting the same gsDesign2
namespace (833 KB) and gsDesign namespace (75 KB) for every entry.

Changes:
- Remove object.size() from the pruning path (both slow and inaccurate)
- Only check entry count before insertions, not on cache hits
- Set max_entries = 1024, justified by:
  - True cost: ~3 KB (gs_power_npe) to ~5 KB (ahr) per entry
  - 1024 entries ≈ 3-5 MB real memory
  - Supports ~200 cached designs in a session
  - A single design creates only 5-28 entries

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 R/utils.R | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index a2a9efef3..fad1d1c5d 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ cache_fun <- function(fun, ...) {
     h <- hashtab()
     sethash(fun_hash, fun, h)
   }
-  prune_hash(h)
   args <- list(...)
   if (is.null(res <- gethash(h, args))) {
+    # only prune before inserting (not on cache hits)
+    prune_hash(h)
     res <- fun(...)
     sethash(h, args, res)
   }
@@ -87,11 +88,13 @@ cache_fun <- function(fun, ...) {
   res
 }
 
-# prune a hash table to prevent it from growing too big. Uses numhash() for an
-# O(1) entry count check on each call. Clears when the count exceeds the limit.
-# With max_entries = 100 and typical entries of a few KB each, memory usage per
-# function is bounded to well under 1MB.
-prune_hash <- function(h, max_entries = 100L) {
+# Prune a hash table when it grows too large. We use a pure entry-count limit
+# because object.size() is both slow (~2ms) and wildly inaccurate for our use
+# case: it overcounts by ~600x for gs_power_npe entries because it walks into
+# shared namespace environments of function arguments. True incremental cost per
+# entry is ~3 KB (gs_power_npe) to ~5 KB (ahr), so 1024 entries ≈ 3-5 MB real
+# memory — well within acceptable limits for an interactive R session.
+prune_hash <- function(h, max_entries = 1024L) {
   if (numhash(h) > max_entries) clrhash(h)
 }
 

From 5ba9d0294589c090ad9984f79aa17751bdc7f714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yihui Xie <xie@yihui.name>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 11:18:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] return data frame instead

---
 R/gs_power_npe.R | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/R/gs_power_npe.R b/R/gs_power_npe.R
index ba489d08d..7cafe7171 100644
--- a/R/gs_power_npe.R
+++ b/R/gs_power_npe.R
@@ -397,5 +397,5 @@ gs_power_npe <- function(theta = .1, theta0 = 0, theta1 = theta, # 3 theta
     info1 = rep(info1, 2)
   )
 
-  return(tibble::as_tibble(ans))
+  return(ans)
 }