From 228b2998d0371c15246423e250a6a2d63bd08aa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 11:04:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use HL tracer by default, seems to be faster?

---
 piker/ui/_compression.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/piker/ui/_compression.py b/piker/ui/_compression.py
index 1e178036..cdc8bb2e 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_compression.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_compression.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def downsample(
 
 def ohlc_flatten(
     ohlc: np.ndarray,
-    use_mxmn: bool = False,
+    use_mxmn: bool = True,
 
 ) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
     '''
@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ def ohlc_flatten(
     index = ohlc['index']
 
     if use_mxmn:
+        # traces a line optimally over highs to lows
+        # using numba. NOTE: pretty sure this is faster
+        # and looks about the same as the below output.
         flat, x = hl2mxmn(ohlc)
+
     else:
         flat = rfn.structured_to_unstructured(
             ohlc[['open', 'high', 'low', 'close']]