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Performance regression in 0.2

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Description

I was pip updating from **0.1.3** to **0.2**. Two sample workloads of us took a significant hit in performance: Reducing `480x13500` to `80x13500` ran `2:24` instead of `1:14` and reducing `480x6700` to `80x6700` took `1:49` instead of `0:28`.

Alongside updating umap-learn, other libraries got a bump (llvmlite 0.2 to 0.21, numba 0.35.0 to 0.36.2). Neither of those affected running times. After downgrading to **0.1.3**, I got the former numbers.

I saw that [this commit](https://github.com/lmcinnes/umap/commit/a8617e8f9bf37e9027cc8093a42844b0680c1c5d#diff-4b3afb0d9643c1cae4537938d420e927) disabled jitting for `fuzzy_simplical_set`. Could this or anything else cause this regression?

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Start by inspecting the linked commit, especially the change involving fuzzy_simplical_set, then compare the 0.1.3 and 0.2 implementations and reproduce the two workloads described in the issue. Use the reported timings as the baseline; done means identifying the regression and restoring comparable performance without breaking the affected computation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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