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src/jvmMain/kotlin/afield/ui/visualization/ValueVisualizer.kt · 2713 lines · cited by DataFrames in a Box

package and imports — 74 lines, from line 1
@file:afield.runtime.completion.CompletionCategory("Visualization")

package afield.ui.visualization

import afield.ai.conversation.images
import afield.app.protocol.Output
import afield.data.table.div
import afield.data.table.minus
import afield.data.table.plus
import afield.data.table.ref
import afield.data.table.rem
import afield.data.table.spreadsheet
import afield.data.table.times
import afield.document.graph.nested
import afield.runtime.completion.CompletionCategory
import afield.runtime.execution.plus
import afield.runtime.lifecycle.plus
import afield.runtime.lifecycle.rem
import afield.runtime.lifecycle.then
import afield.ui.notation.center
import afield.ui.notation.custom
import afield.ui.notation.double
import afield.ui.notation.long
import afield.ui.notation.string
import afield.ui.notation.with
import afield.ui.output.column

import afield.app.server.SessionInformation
import afield.app.server.documents
import afield.app.server.thisSessionInfo
import afield.audio.synth.*
import afield.data.table.cell
import afield.data.table.get
import afield.document.graph.Box
import afield.document.graph.box
import afield.document.workspace.BoxReference
import afield.graphics.vulkan.*
import afield.media.stream.*
import afield.media.video.*
import afield.runtime.lifecycle.end
import afield.runtime.lifecycle.map
import afield.tools.docs.format
import afield.ui.notation.obj
import afield.ui.output.stats
import afield.ui.output.tree
import afield.math.linalg.Vector2f
import afield.math.linalg.Vector2fc
import afield.math.linalg.Vector3f
import afield.math.linalg.Vector3fc
import afield.math.linalg.Vector4f
import afield.math.linalg.Vector4fc
import afield.geometry.path.FLine
import afield.math.functions.Functions
import afield.math.units.Quantity
import afield.math.units.formatExpression
import afield.math.units.formatQuantityDisplay
import afield.math.linalg.*
import eu.sirotin.kotunil.core.Expression
import space.kscience.plotly.Plot
import java.util.Collections
import java.util.IdentityHashMap
import kotlin.math.abs
import kotlin.math.atan2
import kotlin.math.cos
import kotlin.math.max
import kotlin.math.min
import kotlin.math.pow
import kotlin.math.sin
import kotlin.math.sqrt
import kotlin.reflect.KClass
import kotlin.reflect.KType
import kotlin.reflect.KTypeProjection
import kotlin.reflect.full.memberProperties
import kotlin.reflect.jvm.isAccessible

The default value display for Field output areas: a Kotlin value in, a compact HTML fragment out.

ValueVisualizer.visualize is the entry point; Any.h and Box.viz are how it is usually reached — .h hands back the fragment, viz displays it into a channel of a live box. A type can take over its own rendering either by implementing ToHTML or by registering a printer with registerValuePrinter; both are trusted to return well-formed HTML, while ordinary strings, characters, keys and reflected values are escaped here.

Output is bounded — ValueVisualizer's own KDoc below covers dispatch order, the built-in formatters and the size limits. Whatever those limits elide (the tail of a long string or list, extra fields of an object) becomes an expander link, resolved later by renderLazyFragment from the server's /lazy-value-fragment route, so the rest of the value is only ever rendered if someone asks for it.

interface ToHTML

Interface for objects that can provide their own HTML representation

fun toHTML(): String

object ValuePrinterRegistry

Registry for custom value printers

object ValuePrinterRegistry {
    private val printers = mutableMapOf<Class<*>, (Any) -> String>()

fun <T : Any> register(clazz: Class<T>, printer: (T) -> String) {

Register a custom printer for a specific type

    fun <T : Any> register(clazz: Class<T>, printer: (T) -> String) {
        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
        printers[clazz] = printer as (Any) -> String
    }

internal fun getPrinter(value: Any): ((Any) -> String)? {

The printer registered for value's type, or null.

Resolution walks the superclass chain most-derived first and, at each step, that class's whole interface closure — every interface it declares, and everything those extend.

The interface closure is the part worth writing down, because for eight months this looked at value::class.java.interfaces only: the interfaces of the runtime class, declared directly. That is enough for a type whose impl says class FooImpl : Foo, and silently useless for one that says class FooImpl : BarImpl(), SpecificFoo where SpecificFoo : Foo — the registration for Foo can never fire, and the value falls through to toString() with no error anywhere.

Measured on 2026-08-22 against Kotlin DataFrame, which is exactly that shape: ValueColumnImpl<T> : DataColumnImpl<T>(), ValueColumn<T> and ValueColumn<T> : DataColumn<T>, so register(DataColumn::class.java) in afield.ui.visualization.DataFrameVisualizer was dead code and a column rendered as ValueColumnImpl age 0 15 1 30 2 45 3 22. FrameColumnImpl has the same shape. The bug was found by looking at a documentation capture, not by a test: the smoke test's column assertion was contains("Alice"), which a toString() fallback satisfies too.

Ordering is defined rather than incidental, because a value can now match more than one registration: the most-derived class wins, and within one class its own declared interfaces are tried before their supertypes (breadth-first). This can only turn a value that previously fell through into one that dispatches — it cannot move a value from one registered printer to another, because a match found by the old walk is still found first by this one.

    internal fun getPrinter(value: Any): ((Any) -> String)? {
        var clazz: Class<*>? = value::class.java
        while (clazz != null) {
            printers[clazz]?.let { return it }
            findInInterfaceClosure(clazz.interfaces)?.let { return it }
            clazz = clazz.superclass
        }
        return null
    }

Breadth-first over roots and everything they extend, so declared interfaces win over theirs.

    private fun findInInterfaceClosure(roots: Array<Class<*>>): ((Any) -> String)? {
        val queue = ArrayDeque(roots.toList())
        val seen = HashSet<Class<*>>(roots.toList())
        while (queue.isNotEmpty()) {
            val iface = queue.removeFirst()
            printers[iface]?.let { return it }
            iface.interfaces.forEach { if (seen.add(it)) queue.addLast(it) }
        }
        return null
    }
}

object ValueVisualizer

Render a Kotlin value as a compact, escaped HTML fragment for Field output areas.

Dispatch order is ToHTML, a ValuePrinterRegistry match, built-in formatters, then reflective or toString() fallback. Built-ins cover primitives, arrays and collections, Field linalg, FLine, Functions.Fn, Plotly plots, and other repository types. Numeric series may add summary statistics and guarded SVG sparklines; vectors, matrices, FLines, and functions may add guarded thumbnails. The renderer uses a curated per-type color palette, not a monochrome theme.

Lists, maps, strings, fields, nesting, plots, and thumbnails have explicit bounds below. Circular detection is identity-based and scoped to the current recursion path, so a repeated acyclic value is not mislabeled. User-supplied ToHTML and registered-printer output is trusted HTML; ordinary strings, characters, keys, and reflective values are escaped by their formatters.

visualize returns the outer .value-viz element. Box.viz sends it to a display channel, Any.h returns it directly, and registerValuePrinter extends the registry process-wide.

object ValueVisualizer {
    private const val MAX_LIST_PREVIEW = 20
    private const val LIST_INLINE_ELISION_THRESHOLD = 30
    private const val LIST_EXPANSION_CHUNK = 8
    private const val MAX_STRING_LENGTH = 100
    private const val STRING_EXPANSION_CHUNK = 160
    private const val MAX_MAP_ENTRIES = 5
    private const val MAP_EXPANSION_CHUNK = 6
    private const val MAX_DEPTH = 3
    private const val MAX_OBJECT_FIELDS = 8

Only elide struct fields/entries when it actually saves space: a "… +N more" line costs one line, so hiding 1–2 items behind it saves nothing (and "+1 more fields" reads badly). Elide only when the hidden count would be > ELISION_SLACK, i.e. at least 3.

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    private const val ELISION_SLACK = 2
    private const val OBJECT_EXPANSION_CHUNK = 8
    private const val BYTE_EXPANSION_CHUNK = 16
    private const val FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH = 136
    private const val FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT = 84
    private const val FLINE_SIGNATURE_FULL_MAX_NODES = 80
    private const val FLINE_SIGNATURE_PREVIEW_MAX_NODES = 900
    private const val FLINE_THUMBNAIL_MAX_COMPLEXITY = 350
    private const val FLINE_LENGTH_MAX_COMPLEXITY = 1200
    private const val FLINE_SIGNATURE_HEAD = 42
    private const val FLINE_SIGNATURE_TAIL = 22
    private const val FN_PLOT_WIDTH = 248
    private const val FN_PLOT_HEIGHT = 104
    private const val FN_PLOT_GUTTER_LEFT = 38
    private const val FN_PLOT_GUTTER_BOTTOM = 14
    private const val FN_PLOT_PAD_TOP = 8
    private const val FN_PLOT_PAD_RIGHT = 8
    private const val FN_PLOT_SAMPLES = 160
    private const val VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE = 84
    private const val MATRIX_CELL_SIZE = 24
    private const val SPARKLINE_WIDTH = 120
    private const val SPARKLINE_HEIGHT = 22
    private const val SPARKLINE_MAX_SAMPLES = 240
    private const val SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS = 3
    private const val INLINE_STRUCT_MAX_FIELDS = 3
    private const val INLINE_STRUCT_MAX_CHARS = 64
    private const val RECORD_TABLE_MAX_ROWS = 24
    private const val INDENT_STEP_PX = 12
    private const val BOX_SYMBOL = "\u25A1"
    private val UNDERSCORE_UUID_REGEX = Regex(
        "^_?([0-9a-f]{8})_([0-9a-f]{4})_([0-9a-f]{4})_([0-9a-f]{4})_([0-9a-f]{12})$",
        options = setOf(RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
    )
    private val BOX_ID_TOKEN_REGEX = Regex(
        pattern = "(?<![A-Za-z0-9_])(_[0-9a-f]{8}_[0-9a-f]{4}_[0-9a-f]{4}_[0-9a-f]{4}_[0-9a-f]{12})(__(\\d+))?(@[0-9a-f]+)?(?![A-Za-z0-9_])",
        options = setOf(RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
    )

    private data class ThumbnailResult(
        val svg: String?,
        val reason: String? = null
    )

One rendered line of a struct tree: an indentation level plus inline HTML content.

    private data class VizLine(val indent: Int, val html: String, val isClose: Boolean = false)

How a single field value renders relative to its key's line.

    private sealed interface FieldValue {
        /** Fits on the key's line (leaf, function, or a collapsed struct). */
        data class Inline(val html: String) : FieldValue
        /** Opaque multi-line HTML (thumbnail, plot, long list) — placed as-is, not cuddled. */
        data class Block(val html: String) : FieldValue
        /** A cuddlable multi-line struct, as a relative-indent line model. */
        data class Struct(val lines: List<VizLine>) : FieldValue
    }

A raw (unrendered) struct field: its key HTML, the value, and its declared type if known.

    private data class RawField(val keyHtml: String, val rawValue: Any?, val declaredType: KType? = null)

    private data class BoxReference(
        val uid: String,
        val name: String
    )

    private data class RenderedListElement(
        val html: String,
        val repeatCount: Int = 1
    )

fun visualize(value: Any?, appendable: Boolean = false): String

Visualize any value and return compact HTML representation

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    fun visualize(value: Any?, appendable: Boolean = false): String {
        return buildString {
            append("<div class='value-viz")
            if (appendable) append(" afield-appendable-output")
            append("' style='font-family: \"Iosevka Web\", monospace; font-size: 12px; color: #ccc; line-height: 1.4; font-feature-settings: \"calt\" 1, \"dlig\" 1; font-variant-ligatures: contextual;'>")
            // Track only the current recursion path, using reference equality.
            val visited = newIdentitySet()
            append(visualizeValue(value, 0, visited))
            append("</div>")
        }
    }

    private fun newIdentitySet(): MutableSet<Any> =
        Collections.newSetFromMap(IdentityHashMap())

    private fun visualizeValue(
        value: Any?,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean = true
    ): String {
        // Check depth limit
        if (respectDepthLimit && depth > MAX_DEPTH) return formatDepthLimitedValue(value)

        return when (value) {
            null -> "<span style='color: #888;'>null</span>"

            // Check for ToHTML interface first
            is ToHTML -> rewriteBoxReferencesInHtml(value.toHTML())

            // Check custom printers
            else -> {
                // For complex objects, check for circular references
                val trackCircular = shouldCheckCircular(value)
                if (trackCircular) {
                    if (value in visited) {
                        return "<span style='color: #f88;'>[circular reference]</span>"
                    }
                    visited.add(value)
                }

                try {
                    ValuePrinterRegistry.getPrinter(value)?.invoke(value) ?: visualizeBuiltIn(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
                } finally {
                    if (trackCircular) visited.remove(value)
                }
            }
        }
    }

Determine if a value should be checked for circular references. Primitives and immutable types don't need circular reference checks.

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    private fun shouldCheckCircular(value: Any): Boolean {
        return when (value) {
            // Skip primitives and value types
            is Number, is Boolean, is Char, is String -> false
            // Skip linalg value types (they are value types)
            is Vector2fc, is Vector3fc, is Vector4fc,
            is Vector2dc, is Vector3dc, is Vector4dc,
            is Quaternionfc,
            is Matrix2fc, is Matrix3fc, is Matrix4fc,
            is Matrix2dc, is Matrix3dc, is Matrix4dc -> false
            // Check data classes, collections and other objects
            else -> true
        }
    }

    private fun visualizeBuiltIn(
        value: Any,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): String = when (value) {
        // Physical quantities. These precede the generic object fallback so a unit-bearing
        // spreadsheet result reads as a value, not as `Quantity 3 mm`.
        is Quantity -> formatQuantity(value)
        is Expression -> formatUnitExpression(value)

        // A kotlinx JSON leaf is shown as the value it holds. Without this a JsonObject (a Map, so it
        // already reads as one) printed every entry as `JsonLiteral "speed"`: the class name from the
        // reflective fallback, then the quotes from JsonLiteral.toString().
        is kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive -> visualizeValue(jsonLeafValue(value), depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)

        // Primitives
        is Boolean -> "<span style='color: #f88;'>${value}</span>"
        is Number -> formatNumber(value)
        is Char -> "<span style='color: #8f8;'>'${escape(value.toString())}'</span>"
        is String -> formatString(value)

        // Field vectors
        is Vector2fc -> formatVec2(value)
        is Vector3fc -> formatVec3(value)
        is Vector4fc -> formatVec4(value)
        is Vector2dc -> formatVec2(Vector2f(value.x().toFloat(), value.y().toFloat()))
        is Vector3dc -> formatVec3(Vector3f(value.x().toFloat(), value.y().toFloat(), value.z().toFloat()))
        is Vector4dc -> formatVec4(Vector4f(value.x().toFloat(), value.y().toFloat(), value.z().toFloat(), value.w().toFloat()))

        // Field quaternions
        is Quaternionfc -> formatQuat(value)

        // Field matrices — both the single-precision (…fc) and the generated
        // double-precision (…dc) families render as diverging heatmaps. (There is still no
        // double-precision quaternion type, so quaternions stay single-precision above.)
        is Matrix2fc -> formatMatrix(value)
        is Matrix3fc -> formatMatrix(value)
        is Matrix4fc -> formatMatrix(value)
        is Matrix2dc -> formatMatrix(value)
        is Matrix3dc -> formatMatrix(value)
        is Matrix4dc -> formatMatrix(value)

        // kotlin.Pair, as the `to` that almost always built it. Precedes the reflective
        // data-class fallback, which would otherwise expand it to `Pair { first -> a, second -> b }`.
        is Pair<*, *> -> formatPair(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)

        // Collections
        is Map<*, *> -> formatMap(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        is List<*> -> formatList(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit = respectDepthLimit)
        is Set<*> -> formatSet(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        is Array<*> -> formatArray(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        is ByteArray -> formatByteArray(value)
        is IntArray -> formatIntArray(value)
        is FloatArray -> formatFloatArray(value)
        is DoubleArray -> formatDoubleArray(value)
        is FLine -> formatFLine(value)
        is Functions.Domain -> formatDomain(value)
        is Functions.Fn -> formatFn(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        is afield.math.functions.FnFitRun -> formatFnFitRun(value)
        is Box -> formatBox(value)
        is Plot -> value.toHtml()
        is Function<*> -> formatFunction(value, null)

        // Imaging / computer-vision family — Gradient, the pyramids, FlowField, ComponentLabelling.
        // Lives in ImagingVisualizer.kt and returns null for anything it does not own, so the
        // reflective paths below stay the default.
        // Data classes
        else -> ImagingVisualizer.format(value)
            ?: if (value::class.isData) {
                formatDataClass(value, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
            } else {
                formatFallbackObject(value)
            }
    }

    private fun formatQuantity(value: Quantity): String {
        val (number, symbol) = formatQuantityDisplay(value)
        return formatUnitValue(number, symbol)
    }

    private fun formatUnitExpression(value: Expression): String {
        val (number, symbol) = formatExpression(value)
        return formatUnitValue(number, symbol)
    }

    private fun formatUnitValue(number: Double, symbol: String): String = buildString {
        append(formatNumber(number))
        if (symbol.isNotBlank()) {
            append("<span style='color:#777;'> </span>")
            append("<span class='afield-unit-symbol' style='color:#9ac;'>")
            append(escape(symbol))
            append("</span>")
        }
    }

    private fun formatDepthLimitedValue(value: Any?): String = when (value) {
        null -> "<span style='color: #888;'>null</span>"
        is Boolean -> "<span style='color: #f88;'>${value}</span>"
        is Number -> formatNumber(value)
        is Char -> "<span style='color: #8f8;'>'${escape(value.toString())}'</span>"
        is String -> formatString(value)
        else -> lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
            value = value,
            label = "…",
            kind = "full",
            offset = 0,
            title = value::class.simpleName ?: value::class.java.simpleName
        )
    }

    private fun formatFallbackObject(value: Any): String {
        val className = value::class.simpleName ?: value::class.java.simpleName.ifBlank { "Object" }
        val rendered = value.toString()
        val preview = rendered.take(MAX_STRING_LENGTH)

        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #cc8;'>")
            append(escape(className))
            append("</span>")
            if (preview.isNotBlank()) {
                append("<span style='color: #666;'> </span>")
                append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>")
                append(escape(preview))
                append("</span>")
            }
            if (rendered.length > MAX_STRING_LENGTH) {
                append(" ")
                append(
                    lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                        value = value,
                        label = "… +${rendered.length - MAX_STRING_LENGTH} chars",
                        kind = "full",
                        offset = 0,
                        title = className
                    )
                )
            }
        }
    }

Render a function/lambda value as its type signature — e.g. (Double) -> Double — rather than the JVM's …$$Lambda/0x…@hash toString, which is noise to a human. Prefers the statically declared property type (which carries the real parameter and return types); falls back to arity when only the runtime value is known.

    private fun formatFunction(value: Any, declaredType: KType?): String {
        val sig = declaredType?.let { functionSignatureFromType(it) }
            ?: functionSignatureFromArity(value)
        return "<span style='color: #8cc8b8;'>${escape(sig)}</span>"
    }

    private fun functionSignatureFromType(type: KType): String? {
        val classifier = type.classifier as? KClass<*> ?: return null
        if (classifier.simpleName?.startsWith("Function") != true) return null
        val args = type.arguments
        if (args.isEmpty()) return "() -> ?"
        val params = args.dropLast(1).joinToString(", ") { renderTypeProjection(it) }
        return "($params) -> ${renderTypeProjection(args.last())}"
    }

    private fun renderTypeProjection(proj: KTypeProjection): String {
        val t = proj.type ?: return "*"
        functionSignatureFromType(t)?.let { return it }
        val name = (t.classifier as? KClass<*>)?.simpleName ?: "?"
        return name + if (t.isMarkedNullable) "?" else ""
    }

    private fun functionSignatureFromArity(value: Any): String {
        val arity = functionArity(value) ?: return "ƒ"
        return "(" + List(arity) { "·" }.joinToString(", ") + ") -> ·"
    }

Best-effort arity by walking the value's type hierarchy for a kotlin.jvm.functions.FunctionN.

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    private fun functionArity(value: Any): Int? {
        val queue = ArrayDeque<Class<*>>()
        val seen = HashSet<Class<*>>()
        queue.add(value.javaClass)
        while (queue.isNotEmpty()) {
            val c = queue.removeFirst()
            if (!seen.add(c)) continue
            val n = c.name
            if (n.startsWith("kotlin.jvm.functions.Function")) {
                return n.removePrefix("kotlin.jvm.functions.Function").toIntOrNull()
            }
            c.superclass?.let { queue.add(it) }
            c.interfaces.forEach { queue.add(it) }
        }
        return null
    }

    private fun formatBox(box: Box): String {
        val displayName = box.name.ifBlank { box.id }
        val escapedUid = escapeHtmlText(box.id)
        return buildString {
            append("<a href='#box:")
            append(escapedUid)
            append("' data-box-uid='")
            append(escapedUid)
            append("' style='text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;'>")
            append("<span style='color:#fff;font-weight:300;'>")
            append(BOX_SYMBOL)
            append("</span>")
            append("<span style='color:#fff;font-weight:300;font-style:italic;'>")
            append(escapeHtmlText(displayName))
            append("</span>")
            append("</a>")
        }
    }

    private fun formatNumber(n: Number): String {
        val formatted = when (n) {
            is Float -> {
                when {
                    n.isNaN() -> "NaN"
                    n.isInfinite() -> if (n > 0) "∞" else "-∞"
                    abs(n) < 0.001f && n != 0f -> "%.3e".format(n)
                    abs(n) > 10000f -> "%.3e".format(n)
                    else -> "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
                }
            }
            is Double -> {
                when {
                    n.isNaN() -> "NaN"
                    n.isInfinite() -> if (n > 0) "∞" else "-∞"
                    abs(n) < 0.001 && n != 0.0 -> "%.3e".format(n)
                    abs(n) > 10000.0 -> "%.3e".format(n)
                    else -> "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
                }
            }
            else -> n.toString()
        }
        return "<span style='color: #8cf;'>$formatted</span>"
    }

    private data class FLineBounds(
        val minX: Float,
        val minY: Float,
        val maxX: Float,
        val maxY: Float
    ) {
        val width: Double get() = (maxX - minX).toDouble()
        val height: Double get() = (maxY - minY).toDouble()
    }

    private fun compressSignatureRuns(sig: String): String = buildString {
        var i = 0
        while (i < sig.length) {
            val ch = sig[i]
            if (ch in "MLCZ") {
                var run = 1
                while (i + run < sig.length && sig[i + run] == ch) run++
                if (run > 6) {
                    append("(${ch}x$run)")
                } else {
                    repeat(run) { append(ch) }
                }
                i += run
            } else {
                append(ch)
                i++
            }
        }
    }

    private fun formatFLine(line: FLine): String {
        val nodes = line.nodes
        if (nodes.isEmpty()) {
            return "<span style='color: #9cf;'>FLine</span> <span style='color: #888;'>[empty]</span>"
        }

        var moveCount = 0
        var lineCount = 0
        var cubicCount = 0
        var closeCount = 0
        nodes.forEach { node ->
            when (node) {
                is FLine.MoveTo -> moveCount++
                is FLine.LineTo -> lineCount++
                is FLine.CubicTo -> cubicCount++
                is FLine.Close -> closeCount++
            }
        }

        val nodeCount = nodes.size
        val complexity = moveCount + lineCount + closeCount + cubicCount * 4
        val showThumbnail = complexity <= FLINE_THUMBNAIL_MAX_COMPLEXITY
        val showLength = complexity <= FLINE_LENGTH_MAX_COMPLEXITY

        val signature = if (nodeCount <= FLINE_SIGNATURE_PREVIEW_MAX_NODES) {
            buildString(nodeCount) {
                nodes.forEach { node ->
                    append(
                        when (node) {
                            is FLine.MoveTo -> 'M'
                            is FLine.LineTo -> 'L'
                            is FLine.CubicTo -> 'C'
                            is FLine.Close -> 'Z'
                        }
                    )
                }
            }
        } else null

        val shownSignature = signature?.let {
            val raw = if (nodeCount <= FLINE_SIGNATURE_FULL_MAX_NODES) {
                it
            } else {
                val head = it.take(FLINE_SIGNATURE_HEAD)
                val tail = it.takeLast(FLINE_SIGNATURE_TAIL)
                "$head … $tail"
            }
            compressSignatureRuns(raw)
        }

        val length = if (showLength) runCatching { line.cursor(0.5f).lengthD().toDouble() }.getOrNull() else null
        val bounds = computeFLineBounds(line)
        val thumbnail = if (showThumbnail) renderFLineThumbnail(line) else ThumbnailResult(
            svg = null,
            reason = "complex path"
        )

        return buildString {
            append("<div style='display:inline-block; max-width: 320px;'>")
            append("<div><span style='color: #9cf;'>FLine</span> <span style='color: #666;'>(</span>")
            append(formatNumberToken(nodeCount))
            append("<span style='color: #666;'> nodes)</span></div>")

            append("<div style='color: #888;'>")
            append("M=")
            append(formatNumberToken(moveCount))
            append(" L=")
            append(formatNumberToken(lineCount))
            append(" C=")
            append(formatNumberToken(cubicCount))
            if (closeCount > 0) {
                append(" Z=")
                append(formatNumberToken(closeCount))
            }
            if (bounds != null) {
                append(" • b=")
                append(formatNumericLiteral(bounds.width))
                append("×")
                append(formatNumericLiteral(bounds.height))
            }
            if (length != null) {
                append(" • len=")
                append(formatNumericLiteral(length))
            }
            append("</div>")

            if (shownSignature != null) {
                append("<div style='color: #9f9; letter-spacing: 0.04em;'>")
                append(escape(shownSignature))
                append("</div>")
            }

            if (thumbnail.svg != null) {
                append("<div style='margin-top: 4px; border: 1px solid #333; border-radius: 4px; background: #111; width: ${FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH}px; height: ${FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT}px; overflow: hidden;'>")
                append(thumbnail.svg)
                append("</div>")
            } else if (thumbnail.reason != null) {
                append("<div style='color: #666;'>thumbnail unavailable (${escape(thumbnail.reason)})</div>")
            }

            append("</div>")
        }
    }

    private fun renderFLineThumbnail(line: FLine): ThumbnailResult {
        val normalized = runCatching { normalizeFLineForThumbnail(line) }
            .getOrElse { return ThumbnailResult(svg = null, reason = "normalize failed") }

        val pathData = buildSvgPathData(normalized)
        if (pathData.isBlank()) return ThumbnailResult(svg = null, reason = "no drawable segments")

        val svg = buildString {
            append("<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 $FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH $FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT' width='$FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH' height='$FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT'>")
            append("<rect x='0' y='0' width='$FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH' height='$FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT' fill='transparent'/>")
            append("<path d='")
            append(pathData)
            append("' fill='none' stroke='#9cf' stroke-width='1.3' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' vector-effect='non-scaling-stroke'/>")
            append("</svg>")
        }

        return ThumbnailResult(svg = svg)
    }

    private fun buildSvgPathData(line: FLine): String {
        if (line.nodes.isEmpty()) return ""

        val out = StringBuilder(line.nodes.size * 12)
        var hasDrawableSegment = false
        var penIsDown = false

        line.nodes.forEach { node ->
            when (node) {
                is FLine.MoveTo -> {
                    val p = node.to
                    if (!p.x.isFinite() || !p.y.isFinite()) return@forEach
                    out.append('M').append(svgNum(p.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(p.y)).append(' ')
                    penIsDown = true
                }
                is FLine.LineTo -> {
                    val p = node.to
                    if (!p.x.isFinite() || !p.y.isFinite()) return@forEach
                    if (!penIsDown) {
                        out.append('M').append(svgNum(p.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(p.y)).append(' ')
                        penIsDown = true
                    } else {
                        out.append('L').append(svgNum(p.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(p.y)).append(' ')
                        hasDrawableSegment = true
                    }
                }
                is FLine.CubicTo -> {
                    val end = node.to
                    val c1 = node.c1
                    val c2 = node.c2
                    if (!end.x.isFinite() || !end.y.isFinite() || !c1.x.isFinite() || !c1.y.isFinite() || !c2.x.isFinite() || !c2.y.isFinite()) return@forEach
                    if (!penIsDown) {
                        out.append('M').append(svgNum(end.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(end.y)).append(' ')
                        penIsDown = true
                    } else {
                        out.append('C')
                            .append(svgNum(c1.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(c1.y)).append(' ')
                            .append(svgNum(c2.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(c2.y)).append(' ')
                            .append(svgNum(end.x)).append(' ').append(svgNum(end.y)).append(' ')
                        hasDrawableSegment = true
                    }
                }
                is FLine.Close -> {
                    if (penIsDown) {
                        out.append('Z').append(' ')
                        hasDrawableSegment = true
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return if (hasDrawableSegment) out.toString().trim() else ""
    }

    private fun svgNum(n: Float): String {
        return runCatching {
            if (!n.isFinite()) "0"
            else "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
        }.getOrDefault("0")
    }

    private fun normalizeFLineForThumbnail(
        line: FLine,
        width: Float = FLINE_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH.toFloat(),
        height: Float = FLINE_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT.toFloat(),
        padding: Float = 6f
    ): FLine {
        val b = computeFLineBounds(line) ?: return line.copy()

        val sourceW = max((b.maxX - b.minX), 1f)
        val sourceH = max((b.maxY - b.minY), 1f)
        val contentW = max(width - padding * 2f, 1f)
        val contentH = max(height - padding * 2f, 1f)
        val scale = min(contentW / sourceW, contentH / sourceH)
        val offsetX = (width - sourceW * scale) * 0.5f - b.minX * scale
        val offsetY = (height - sourceH * scale) * 0.5f - b.minY * scale

        return line.transform { p ->
            Vector3f(
                p.x * scale + offsetX,
                p.y * scale + offsetY,
                p.z
            )
        }
    }

    private fun computeFLineBounds(line: FLine): FLineBounds? {
        var minX = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY
        var minY = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY
        var maxX = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        var maxY = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        var seen = false

        line.nodes.forEach { node ->
            node.storage.forEach { p ->
                if (!p.x.isFinite() || !p.y.isFinite()) return@forEach
                seen = true
                minX = min(minX, p.x)
                minY = min(minY, p.y)
                maxX = max(maxX, p.x)
                maxY = max(maxY, p.y)
            }
        }

        if (!seen) return null
        return FLineBounds(minX, minY, maxX, maxY)
    }

Concise render of a afield.math.functions.FnFitRun: the RMSE it started at and landed on, the budget it spent, and a sparkline of the whole loss trajectory — instead of dumping the (often hundreds long) steps/losses arrays that the generic data-class renderer would.

    private fun formatFnFitRun(run: afield.math.functions.FnFitRun): String = buildString {
        val arrow = if (run.improved) "↓" else "→"
        val arrowColour = if (run.improved) "#8f8" else "#f88"
        append("<div>")
        append("<span style='color: #cc8;'>FnFitRun</span> ")
        append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>RMSE </span>")
        append("<span style='color: #8cf;'>${fmt(run.initialError)}</span>")
        append("<span style='color: $arrowColour;'> $arrow </span>")
        append("<span style='color: #8f8;'>${fmt(run.finalError)}</span>")
        append(
            "<span style='color: #888;'>  ${run.iterations} steps · ${run.evaluations} evals · " +
                "${run.parameters.size} params</span>"
        )
        append("</div>")
        if (run.losses.size >= SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS) {
            append("<div style='margin-top: 2px;'>")
            append(renderNumericSparkline(run.losses))
            append("</div>")
        }
    }

A Functions.Domain is fully described by its bounds, so render it compactly rather than as an 8-field reflective tree (center/length/isFinite/… are all redundant): an unbounded domain is just Domain { ∞ }, a point is Domain { x }, everything else Domain { a..b } (with ±∞ for a half-open end).

    private fun formatDomain(d: Functions.Domain): String {
        val inner = when {
            d._isEmpty -> "<span style='color: #888;'>∅</span>"
            !d.min.isFinite() && !d.max.isFinite() -> "<span style='color: #888;'>∞</span>"
            d.min == d.max -> domainBound(d.min)
            else -> domainBound(d.min) + "<span style='color: #777;'>..</span>" + domainBound(d.max)
        }
        return "<span style='color: #cc8;'>Domain</span> <span style='color: #aaa;'>{</span> " +
            inner + " <span style='color: #aaa;'>}</span>"
    }

    private fun domainBound(v: Double): String = when {
        v == Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY -> "<span style='color: #888;'>∞</span>"
        v == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY -> "<span style='color: #888;'>-∞</span>"
        else -> formatNumericLiteral(v)
    }

Renders an Functions.Fn as its usual reflective field tree, with a small, safe line plot appended below — the same spirit as formatFLine's thumbnail.

The reflective tree (domain / evalFn / graph) is kept verbatim via formatDataClass; the plot is a bonus that never replaces it. Rendering the plot is wrapped in runCatching so a misbehaving evalFn can only cost us the thumbnail, never the whole value display.

    private fun formatFn(
        fn: Functions.Fn,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): String {
        val tree = formatDataClass(fn, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        val plot = runCatching { renderFnPlot(fn) }.getOrNull()
        if (plot == null) return tree
        return buildString {
            append("<div>")
            append(tree)
            append(
                "<div style='margin-left: 12px; margin-top: 4px; border: 1px solid #333; " +
                    "border-radius: 4px; background: #111; width: ${FN_PLOT_WIDTH}px; " +
                    "height: ${FN_PLOT_HEIGHT}px; overflow: hidden;'>"
            )
            append(plot)
            append("</div>")
            append("</div>")
        }
    }

Samples fn over a finite window of its domain and builds an SVG polyline.

Mirrors the NaN/∞-safe sampling used by Fn.plotHtml: unbounded domains fall back to a small preview window, non-finite samples become gaps in the path, and an all-non-finite function yields no plot (returns null).

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    private fun renderFnPlot(fn: Functions.Fn): String? {
        // Resolve a finite x-window (plotSafe): finite non-empty domain as-is, a
        // point domain widened to ±0.5, anything unbounded falls back to 0..1.
        val d = fn.domain
        val xMin: Double
        val xMax: Double
        when {
            d.isFinite && d.length > 0.0 -> { xMin = d.min; xMax = d.max }
            d.min.isFinite() && d.length == 0.0 -> { xMin = d.min - 0.5; xMax = d.min + 0.5 }
            else -> { xMin = 0.0; xMax = 1.0 }
        }
        if (!xMin.isFinite() || !xMax.isFinite() || xMax <= xMin) return null

        val count = FN_PLOT_SAMPLES
        val step = (xMax - xMin) / (count - 1).toDouble()
        val ys = DoubleArray(count) { i ->
            val x = xMin + step * i.toDouble()
            runCatching { fn.evalSafe(x, outside = Double.NaN, edge = Functions.EdgeMode.ZERO) }
                .getOrElse { Double.NaN }
                .let { if (it.isFinite()) it else Double.NaN }
        }

        var lo = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY
        var hi = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        for (y in ys) {
            if (!y.isFinite()) continue
            if (y < lo) lo = y
            if (y > hi) hi = y
        }
        if (!lo.isFinite() || !hi.isFinite()) return null // nothing finite to draw

        var yLo = lo
        var yHi = hi
        if (yLo == yHi) {
            val pad = max(1.0, abs(yLo) * 0.1)
            yLo -= pad; yHi += pad
        } else {
            val pad = (yHi - yLo) * 0.08
            yLo -= pad; yHi += pad
        }

        val plotW = (FN_PLOT_WIDTH - FN_PLOT_GUTTER_LEFT - FN_PLOT_PAD_RIGHT).toDouble()
        val plotH = (FN_PLOT_HEIGHT - FN_PLOT_PAD_TOP - FN_PLOT_GUTTER_BOTTOM).toDouble()
        val left = FN_PLOT_GUTTER_LEFT.toDouble()
        val top = FN_PLOT_PAD_TOP.toDouble()
        val ySpan = yHi - yLo

        fun px(i: Int): Double = left + (i.toDouble() / (count - 1).toDouble()) * plotW
        fun py(y: Double): Double = top + (1.0 - (y - yLo) / ySpan) * plotH

        // Build the path, lifting the pen across non-finite gaps.
        val path = StringBuilder(count * 12)
        var penDown = false
        for (i in 0 until count) {
            val y = ys[i]
            if (!y.isFinite()) { penDown = false; continue }
            val cx = plotNum(px(i)); val cy = plotNum(py(y))
            if (!penDown) { path.append('M').append(cx).append(' ').append(cy).append(' '); penDown = true }
            else path.append('L').append(cx).append(' ').append(cy).append(' ')
        }
        if (path.isBlank()) return null

        return buildString {
            append(
                "<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 $FN_PLOT_WIDTH $FN_PLOT_HEIGHT' " +
                    "width='$FN_PLOT_WIDTH' height='$FN_PLOT_HEIGHT'>"
            )
            // zero baseline, when the range straddles it
            if (yLo < 0.0 && yHi > 0.0) {
                val zy = plotNum(py(0.0))
                append("<line x1='${plotNum(left)}' y1='$zy' x2='${plotNum(left + plotW)}' y2='$zy' stroke='#444' stroke-width='1' stroke-dasharray='2 2'/>")
            }
            // the curve
            append("<path d='")
            append(path.toString().trim())
            append("' fill='none' stroke='#6cf' stroke-width='1.3' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' vector-effect='non-scaling-stroke'/>")
            // faint value-range labels (top-left = max, bottom-left = min)
            append("<text x='3' y='${FN_PLOT_PAD_TOP + 3}' fill='#666' font-size='8' font-family='monospace'>${escape(plotLabel(yHi))}</text>")
            append("<text x='3' y='${FN_PLOT_HEIGHT - FN_PLOT_GUTTER_BOTTOM}' fill='#666' font-size='8' font-family='monospace'>${escape(plotLabel(yLo))}</text>")
            // faint domain labels along the bottom
            append("<text x='${plotNum(left)}' y='${FN_PLOT_HEIGHT - 3}' fill='#666' font-size='8' font-family='monospace'>${escape(plotLabel(xMin))}</text>")
            append("<text x='$FN_PLOT_WIDTH' y='${FN_PLOT_HEIGHT - 3}' fill='#666' font-size='8' font-family='monospace' text-anchor='end'>${escape(plotLabel(xMax))}</text>")
            append("</svg>")
        }
    }

    private fun plotNum(n: Double): String = runCatching {
        if (!n.isFinite()) "0" else "%.2f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
    }.getOrDefault("0")

    private fun plotLabel(n: Double): String = runCatching {
        when {
            !n.isFinite() -> if (n > 0) "∞" else "-∞"
            n == 0.0 -> "0"
            abs(n) >= 100000.0 || abs(n) < 0.001 -> "%.1e".format(n)
            else -> "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
        }
    }.getOrDefault("?")

    private fun formatString(s: String): String {
        return if (s.length > MAX_STRING_LENGTH) {
            val preview = escape(s.take(MAX_STRING_LENGTH))
            buildString {
                append("<span style='color: #8f8;'>")
                append(preview)
                append("</span>")
                append(" ")
                append(
                    lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                        value = s,
                        label = "… +${s.length - MAX_STRING_LENGTH} chars",
                        kind = "string",
                        offset = MAX_STRING_LENGTH,
                        title = "String"
                    )
                )
                append(" <span style='color: #888;'>(</span>")
                append(formatNumberToken(s.length))
                append("<span style='color: #888;'> chars)</span>")
            }
        } else {
            "<span style='color: #8f8;'>${escape(s)}</span>"
        }
    }

    private fun formatTypeName(name: String, color: String): String =
        "<span style='color: $color;'>${escape(name)}</span>"

    private fun formatPunctuation(token: String): String =
        "<span style='color: #777;'>${escape(token)}</span>"

    private fun formatIdentifier(name: String): String =
        "<span style='color: #bbb;'>${escape(name)}</span>"

    private fun formatNumberToken(n: Int): String =
        "<span style='color: #8cf;'>$n</span>"

    private fun formatNumberToken(n: Long): String =
        "<span style='color: #8cf;'>$n</span>"

    private fun formatNumberToken(n: String): String =
        "<span style='color: #8cf;'>${escape(n)}</span>"

    private fun formatNumericLiteral(n: Float): String =
        "<span style='color: #8cf;'>${fmt(n)}</span>"

    private fun formatNumericLiteral(n: Double): String =
        "<span style='color: #8cf;'>${fmt(n)}</span>"

    private fun formatSizeSuffix(size: Int): String =
        """ <span style='color: #666;'>(</span>${formatNumberToken(size)}<span style='color: #666;'>)</span>"""

    private fun isBlockVisualization(html: String): Boolean =
        html.trimStart().startsWith("<div")

    private fun shouldShowInlineSeparator(previousHtml: String, currentHtml: String): Boolean =
        !isBlockVisualization(previousHtml) && !isBlockVisualization(currentHtml)

    private fun visibleTextLength(html: String): Int =
        html.replace(Regex("<[^>]*>"), "").length

key -> opener shared by inline and multi-line struct rows.

    private fun keyArrow(keyHtml: String, keyColor: String?): String {
        val keyStyle = if (keyColor != null) "color: $keyColor;" else ""
        return "<span style='$keyStyle'>$keyHtml</span><span style='color: #777;'> -&gt; </span>"
    }

    private const val BRACE_OPEN = "<span style='color: #aaa;'>{</span>"
    private const val BRACE_CLOSE = "<span style='color: #aaa;'>}</span>"

Render one field value. Struct-like values (maps, data classes) recurse as FieldValue.Struct so their braces can cuddle with the parent; other values defer to visualizeValue and are classified inline vs. block. Honors the depth limit and the circular-reference guard exactly as visualizeValue would.

    private fun renderFieldValue(
        raw: Any?,
        declaredType: KType?,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): FieldValue {
        if (raw is Function<*>) return FieldValue.Inline(formatFunction(raw, declaredType))
        if (raw != null && respectDepthLimit && depth > MAX_DEPTH) {
            return FieldValue.Inline(formatDepthLimitedValue(raw))
        }
        // Types with a dedicated compact renderer (e.g. Domain, Pair) must fall through to
        // visualizeValue rather than be expanded as a generic reflective struct here.
        val isStructLike = raw != null && raw !is ToHTML && raw !is Functions.Domain &&
            raw !is Pair<*, *> &&
            ValuePrinterRegistry.getPrinter(raw) == null &&
            ((raw is Map<*, *> && raw.isNotEmpty()) || raw::class.isData)
        if (isStructLike) {
            if (raw in visited) return FieldValue.Inline("<span style='color: #f88;'>[circular reference]</span>")
            visited.add(raw)
            try {
                return when (raw) {
                    is Map<*, *> -> structValueFromMap(raw, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
                    else -> structValueFromDataClass(raw, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit)
                }
            } finally {
                visited.remove(raw)
            }
        }
        val html = visualizeValue(raw, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        return if (isBlockVisualization(html)) FieldValue.Block(html) else FieldValue.Inline(html)
    }

Core struct renderer shared by data classes and maps. Collapses onto ONE line when the struct is small and none of its fields are block-level; otherwise emits a line model with cuddled braces — a single struct-valued field cuddles its opening brace (Outer { k -> Inner {) and trailing closing braces collapse together (}}) instead of marching down the left margin.

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    private fun renderStructValue(
        typeName: String?,
        typeColor: String,
        keyColor: String?,
        rawFields: List<RawField>,
        hasMore: Boolean,
        trailing: String,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean,
        moreHtml: () -> String
    ): FieldValue {
        val header = if (typeName != null) "<span style='color: $typeColor;'>${escape(typeName)}</span> " else ""
        val fields = rawFields.map { rf ->
            rf.keyHtml to renderFieldValue(rf.rawValue, rf.declaredType, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        }

        // Inline collapse: small, no block/struct children, short.
        val inlineable = !hasMore && fields.size <= INLINE_STRUCT_MAX_FIELDS &&
            fields.all { it.second is FieldValue.Inline }
        if (inlineable) {
            val approxLen = fields.sumOf {
                visibleTextLength(it.first) + visibleTextLength((it.second as FieldValue.Inline).html) + 4
            }
            if (fields.isEmpty() || approxLen <= INLINE_STRUCT_MAX_CHARS) {
                return FieldValue.Inline(buildString {
                    append(header).append(BRACE_OPEN)
                    if (fields.isNotEmpty()) {
                        append(" ")
                        append(fields.joinToString("<span style='color:#666;'>, </span>") {
                            keyArrow(it.first, keyColor) + (it.second as FieldValue.Inline).html
                        })
                        append(" ")
                    }
                    append(BRACE_CLOSE).append(trailing)
                })
            }
        }

        return FieldValue.Struct(buildStructLines(header, keyColor, fields, hasMore, trailing, moreHtml))
    }

Build the (relative-indent) line model for a multi-line struct, applying brace cuddling.

    private fun buildStructLines(
        header: String,
        keyColor: String?,
        fields: List<Pair<String, FieldValue>>,
        hasMore: Boolean,
        trailing: String,
        moreHtml: () -> String
    ): List<VizLine> {
        val out = ArrayList<VizLine>()

        // Open-cuddle: a struct with exactly one struct-valued field pulls its opening brace
        // up onto the child's opening line (`Outer { k -> Inner {`).
        if (!hasMore && fields.size == 1 && fields[0].second is FieldValue.Struct) {
            val (keyHtml, fv) = fields[0]
            val lines = (fv as FieldValue.Struct).lines
            lines.forEachIndexed { i, l ->
                when (i) {
                    0 -> out.add(VizLine(0, "$header$BRACE_OPEN " + keyArrow(keyHtml, keyColor) + l.html))
                    else -> out.add(VizLine(l.indent, l.html, l.isClose))
                }
            }
            // Only brace-only closes (no trailing size suffix) cuddle; a `} (n)` stays on its own line.
        out.add(VizLine(0, BRACE_CLOSE + trailing, isClose = trailing.isEmpty()))
            return cuddleCloses(out)
        }

        out.add(VizLine(0, "$header$BRACE_OPEN"))
        fields.forEach { (keyHtml, fv) -> out.addAll(fieldToLines(keyHtml, fv, keyColor, 1)) }
        if (hasMore) out.add(VizLine(1, moreHtml()))
        // Only brace-only closes (no trailing size suffix) cuddle; a `} (n)` stays on its own line.
        out.add(VizLine(0, BRACE_CLOSE + trailing, isClose = trailing.isEmpty()))
        return cuddleCloses(out)
    }

A single field rendered as lines at baseIndent: key on the first line, nested struct re-based under it.

    private fun fieldToLines(keyHtml: String, fv: FieldValue, keyColor: String?, baseIndent: Int): List<VizLine> =
        when (fv) {
            is FieldValue.Inline -> listOf(VizLine(baseIndent, keyArrow(keyHtml, keyColor) + fv.html))
            is FieldValue.Block -> listOf(VizLine(baseIndent, keyArrow(keyHtml, keyColor) + fv.html))
            is FieldValue.Struct -> fv.lines.mapIndexed { i, l ->
                if (i == 0) VizLine(baseIndent, keyArrow(keyHtml, keyColor) + l.html)
                else VizLine(l.indent + baseIndent, l.html, l.isClose)
            }
        }

Render a run of already-collected fields for a lazy "… +N more" expansion. The expander it replaces already sits inside an indented line, so fields render at relative indent 0 (they inherit that indent) — otherwise the arriving fields get an extra level of indentation.

    private fun renderContinuationFields(
        rawFields: List<RawField>,
        keyColor: String?,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        moreExpander: String?
    ): String {
        val out = ArrayList<VizLine>()
        rawFields.forEach { rf ->
            val fv = renderFieldValue(rf.rawValue, rf.declaredType, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit = false)
            out.addAll(fieldToLines(rf.keyHtml, fv, keyColor, 0))
        }
        if (moreExpander != null) out.add(VizLine(0, moreExpander))
        return linesToHtml(out)
    }

Collapse runs of adjacent closing-brace lines into one }} line at the outermost indent.

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    private fun cuddleCloses(lines: List<VizLine>): List<VizLine> {
        val res = ArrayList<VizLine>()
        for (l in lines) {
            val prev = res.lastOrNull()
            if (l.isClose && prev != null && prev.isClose) {
                res[res.size - 1] = VizLine(l.indent, prev.html + l.html, isClose = true)
            } else {
                res.add(l)
            }
        }
        return res
    }

    private fun linesToHtml(lines: List<VizLine>): String = buildString {
        append("<div>")
        lines.forEach {
            append("<div style='padding-left: ${it.indent * INDENT_STEP_PX}px;'>")
            append(it.html)
            append("</div>")
        }
        append("</div>")
    }

    private fun fieldValueToHtml(fv: FieldValue): String = when (fv) {
        is FieldValue.Inline -> fv.html
        is FieldValue.Block -> fv.html
        is FieldValue.Struct -> linesToHtml(fv.lines)
    }

    private fun previewCountForListLike(size: Int): Int {
        if (size <= 0) return 0
        return if (size > LIST_INLINE_ELISION_THRESHOLD) MAX_LIST_PREVIEW else size
    }

    private fun formatMoreSuffix(
        extra: Int,
        noun: String,
        value: Any?,
        title: String,
        kind: String,
        offset: Int,
        depth: Int
    ): String {
        if (extra <= 0) return ""
        return " " + lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
            value = value,
            label = "… +$extra more $noun",
            kind = kind,
            offset = offset,
            depth = depth,
            title = title
        )
    }

    private fun formatStatsSummary(stats: Stats): String {
        return buildString {
            append(" <span style='color: #888;'>[μ=</span>")
            append(formatNumericLiteral(stats.mean))
            append("<span style='color: #888;'>, σ=</span>")
            append(formatNumericLiteral(stats.stdDev))
            append("<span style='color: #888;'>, range=</span>")
            append(formatNumericLiteral(stats.min))
            append("<span style='color: #888;'>…</span>")
            append(formatNumericLiteral(stats.max))
            append("<span style='color: #888;'>]</span>")
        }
    }

    private fun formatVec2(v: Vector2fc): String {
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("vec2", "#fc8"))
            append(formatPunctuation("("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.x()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.y()))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
        }
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE) {
            renderVec2Thumbnail(v.x(), v.y())
        }
    }

    private fun formatVec3(v: Vector3fc): String {
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("vec3", "#fc8"))
            append(formatPunctuation("("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.x()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.y()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.z()))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
        }
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE) {
            renderVec3Thumbnail(v.x(), v.y(), v.z())
        }
    }

    private fun formatVec4(v: Vector4fc): String {
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("vec4", "#fc8"))
            append(formatPunctuation("("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.x()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.y()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.z()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(v.w()))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
        }
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE) {
            renderVec4Thumbnail(v.x(), v.y(), v.z(), v.w())
        }
    }

A vec4 as four signed bars from a shared zero line, labelled x/y/z/w.

It used to draw the (x, y) arrow and nothing else — the panel showed a 2D vector for a 4D value and dropped z and w without saying so, which is a picture that is simply wrong for the common case of four numbers packed together for a shader. Four numbers have no faithful arrow, so this shows them as four numbers.

Bars share one scale (the largest magnitude), so relative size is readable across components, and they take their colour from matrixCellColor — the same diverging positive/negative ramp the matrix grids use, since this is the same question about the same kind of value. A non-finite component gets that helper's distinct dark-red cell rather than a bar of NaN height. Returns null when every component is non-finite, which withLinalgThumbnail reads as "text only".

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    private fun renderVec4Thumbnail(x: Float, y: Float, z: Float, w: Float): String? {
        val comps = listOf("x" to x, "y" to y, "z" to z, "w" to w)
        if (comps.none { it.second.isFinite() }) return null

        val size = VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE.toDouble()
        val maxAbs = comps.mapNotNull { (_, c) -> c.takeIf { it.isFinite() }?.let { abs(it.toDouble()) } }
            .maxOrNull() ?: 0.0
        val labelBand = 11.0
        val plotTop = 4.0
        val plotBottom = size - labelBand
        val zero = (plotTop + plotBottom) / 2.0
        val halfHeight = (plotBottom - zero) - 2.0
        val slot = size / comps.size
        val barWidth = slot * 0.52

        return buildString {
            append(svgOpen(VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE))
            appendAxis(this, 3.0, zero, size - 3.0, zero)
            comps.forEachIndexed { i, (label, value) ->
                val cx = slot * (i + 0.5)
                val left = cx - barWidth / 2.0
                if (!value.isFinite()) {
                    append(
                        "<rect x='${plotNum(left)}' y='${plotNum(zero - 3.0)}' width='${plotNum(barWidth)}' " +
                            "height='6' fill='${matrixCellColor(value, maxAbs)}'/>"
                    )
                } else {
                    val t = if (maxAbs > 0.0) abs(value.toDouble()) / maxAbs else 0.0
                    val h = (t * halfHeight).coerceAtLeast(if (value == 0f) 0.0 else 1.0)
                    val top = if (value >= 0f) zero - h else zero
                    append(
                        "<rect x='${plotNum(left)}' y='${plotNum(top)}' width='${plotNum(barWidth)}' " +
                            "height='${plotNum(h)}' fill='${matrixCellColor(value, maxAbs)}'/>"
                    )
                }
                append(
                    "<text x='${plotNum(cx)}' y='${plotNum(size - 2.0)}' fill='#666' font-size='7' " +
                        "font-family='monospace' text-anchor='middle'>$label</text>"
                )
            }
            append("</svg>")
        }
    }

    private fun formatQuat(q: Quaternionfc): String {
        return buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("quat", "#f8c"))
            append(formatPunctuation("("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(q.x()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(q.y()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(q.z()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(q.w()))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
        }
    }

    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix2fc): String {
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat2", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m00()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m10()))
            append(formatPunctuation(" / "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m01()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m11()))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00(), m.m10()),
            listOf(m.m01(), m.m11())
        )
        val side = 2 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix3fc): String {
        val det = m.determinant()
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat3", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatIdentifier("det"))
            append(formatPunctuation("="))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(det))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00(), m.m10(), m.m20()),
            listOf(m.m01(), m.m11(), m.m21()),
            listOf(m.m02(), m.m12(), m.m22())
        )
        val side = 3 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix4fc): String {
        val det = m.determinant()
        val translation = Vector3f()
        m.getTranslation(translation)
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat4", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatIdentifier("det"))
            append(formatPunctuation("="))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(det))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatIdentifier("t"))
            append(formatPunctuation("=("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(translation.x))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(translation.y))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(translation.z))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00(), m.m10(), m.m20(), m.m30()),
            listOf(m.m01(), m.m11(), m.m21(), m.m31()),
            listOf(m.m02(), m.m12(), m.m22(), m.m32()),
            listOf(m.m03(), m.m13(), m.m23(), m.m33())
        )
        val side = 4 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

double-precision matrices

Siblings of the …fc formatters above for the generated f64 matrix family (Matrix2d/Matrix3d/Matrix4d). Heatmap cells take Float, so the f64 entries are narrowed only for the thumbnail; the terse header prints the full-precision values.

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    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix2dc): String {
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat2d", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m00()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m10()))
            append(formatPunctuation(" / "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m01()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m11()))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00().toFloat(), m.m10().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m01().toFloat(), m.m11().toFloat())
        )
        val side = 2 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix3dc): String {
        val det = m.determinant()
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat3d", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatIdentifier("det"))
            append(formatPunctuation("="))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(det))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00().toFloat(), m.m10().toFloat(), m.m20().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m01().toFloat(), m.m11().toFloat(), m.m21().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m02().toFloat(), m.m12().toFloat(), m.m22().toFloat())
        )
        val side = 3 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

    private fun formatMatrix(m: Matrix4dc): String {
        val det = m.determinant()
        val text = buildString {
            append(formatTypeName("mat4d", "#cf8"))
            append(" ")
            append(formatPunctuation("["))
            append(formatIdentifier("det"))
            append(formatPunctuation("="))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(det))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatIdentifier("t"))
            append(formatPunctuation("=("))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m30()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m31()))
            append(formatPunctuation(", "))
            append(formatNumericLiteral(m.m32()))
            append(formatPunctuation(")"))
            append(formatPunctuation("]"))
        }
        val rows = listOf(
            listOf(m.m00().toFloat(), m.m10().toFloat(), m.m20().toFloat(), m.m30().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m01().toFloat(), m.m11().toFloat(), m.m21().toFloat(), m.m31().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m02().toFloat(), m.m12().toFloat(), m.m22().toFloat(), m.m32().toFloat()),
            listOf(m.m03().toFloat(), m.m13().toFloat(), m.m23().toFloat(), m.m33().toFloat())
        )
        val side = 4 * MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        return withLinalgThumbnail(text, side, side) { renderMatrixThumbnail(rows) }
    }

linalg thumbnails

Appends a small, GUARDED inline SVG thumbnail beneath the terse text head, mirroring the discipline of formatFn/renderFLineThumbnail: the text is kept verbatim and the thumbnail is a bonus. render runs inside runCatching; if it throws or returns null (e.g. a non-finite value), the plain inline text is returned unchanged so a misbehaving value costs only the thumbnail.

    private fun withLinalgThumbnail(
        head: String,
        width: Int,
        height: Int,
        render: () -> String?
    ): String {
        val svg = runCatching(render).getOrNull() ?: return head
        return buildString {
            append("<div>")
            append(head)
            append(
                "<div style='margin-top: 4px; border: 1px solid #333; border-radius: 4px; " +
                    "background: #111; width: ${width}px; height: ${height}px; overflow: hidden;'>"
            )
            append(svg)
            append("</div>")
            append("</div>")
        }
    }

A 2D vector as an auto-scaled arrow from a centered origin, over faint axes. Non-finite components yield null (thumbnail skipped); a zero vector draws just the axes and an origin dot.

    private fun renderVec2Thumbnail(x: Float, y: Float): String? {
        if (!x.isFinite() || !y.isFinite()) return null
        val size = VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE.toDouble()
        val cx = size / 2.0
        val cy = size / 2.0
        val pad = 12.0
        val avail = size / 2.0 - pad
        val maxComp = max(abs(x), abs(y)).toDouble()
        val scale = if (maxComp > 1e-6) avail / maxComp else 0.0
        val tipX = cx + x * scale
        val tipY = cy - y * scale // screen y grows downward; math +y points up
        return buildString {
            append(svgOpen(VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE))
            appendAxis(this, 4.0, cy, size - 4.0, cy) // horizontal
            appendAxis(this, cx, 4.0, cx, size - 4.0) // vertical
            if (scale <= 0.0) {
                append("<circle cx='${plotNum(cx)}' cy='${plotNum(cy)}' r='2.5' fill='#6cf'/>")
            } else {
                appendArrow(this, cx, cy, tipX, tipY, "#6cf")
            }
            append("</svg>")
        }
    }

A 3D vector as an isometric arrow with a fixed-pixel x/y/z reference frame. The frame is decoupled from the data scale so it can never overflow; the arrow is auto-scaled to fit. Non-finite components yield null.

    private fun renderVec3Thumbnail(x: Float, y: Float, z: Float): String? {
        if (!x.isFinite() || !y.isFinite() || !z.isFinite()) return null
        val size = VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE.toDouble()
        val cx = size / 2.0
        val cy = size / 2.0
        val cos30 = 0.8660254
        val sin30 = 0.5
        // Isometric projection into screen-space offsets (before scaling): +x goes
        // right-down, +z left-down, +y straight up.
        fun projX(vx: Double, vy: Double, vz: Double) = (vx - vz) * cos30
        fun projY(vx: Double, vy: Double, vz: Double) = (vx + vz) * sin30 - vy
        val px = projX(x.toDouble(), y.toDouble(), z.toDouble())
        val py = projY(x.toDouble(), y.toDouble(), z.toDouble())
        val pad = 14.0
        val avail = size / 2.0 - pad
        val extent = max(abs(px), abs(py))
        val scale = if (extent > 1e-6) avail / extent else 0.0
        val frameLen = 16.0
        return buildString {
            append(svgOpen(VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE, VEC_THUMBNAIL_SIZE))
            // reference frame (fixed pixel length), faint, with tiny axis labels
            fun frame(dx: Double, dy: Double, label: String) {
                val ex = cx + dx * frameLen
                val ey = cy + dy * frameLen
                append("<line x1='${plotNum(cx)}' y1='${plotNum(cy)}' x2='${plotNum(ex)}' y2='${plotNum(ey)}' stroke='#3a3a3a' stroke-width='1'/>")
                append("<text x='${plotNum(cx + dx * (frameLen + 4.0))}' y='${plotNum(cy + dy * (frameLen + 4.0) + 2.5)}' fill='#666' font-size='7' font-family='monospace' text-anchor='middle'>${escape(label)}</text>")
            }
            frame(cos30, sin30, "x")
            frame(-cos30, sin30, "z")
            frame(0.0, -1.0, "y")
            if (scale <= 0.0) {
                append("<circle cx='${plotNum(cx)}' cy='${plotNum(cy)}' r='2.5' fill='#6cf'/>")
            } else {
                appendArrow(this, cx, cy, cx + px * scale, cy + py * scale, "#6cf")
            }
            append("</svg>")
        }
    }

A matrix as a compact colored cell grid — a diverging heatmap around zero. Neutral #222 at zero, blending to #6cf for positive and #f83 for negative entries by |value| / maxAbs. Non-finite entries get a distinct gray cell. Values are labelled for 2×2 and 3×3 grids (4×4 is colors-only to avoid clutter).

    private fun renderMatrixThumbnail(rows: List<List<Float>>): String? {
        val n = rows.size
        if (n == 0) return null
        val cell = MATRIX_CELL_SIZE
        val side = n * cell
        var maxAbs = 0.0
        rows.forEach { row -> row.forEach { v -> if (v.isFinite()) maxAbs = max(maxAbs, abs(v.toDouble())) } }
        val showText = n <= 4
        return buildString {
            append(svgOpen(side, side))
            for (r in rows.indices) {
                val row = rows[r]
                for (c in row.indices) {
                    val v = row[c]
                    val x = c * cell
                    val y = r * cell
                    val fill = matrixCellColor(v, maxAbs)
                    append("<rect x='$x' y='$y' width='$cell' height='$cell' fill='$fill' stroke='#111' stroke-width='1'/>")
                    if (showText && v.isFinite()) {
                        append(
                            "<text x='${x + cell / 2}' y='${y + cell / 2 + 3}' fill='#eee' font-size='7' " +
                                "font-family='monospace' text-anchor='middle'>${escape(matrixCellLabel(v))}</text>"
                        )
                    }
                }
            }
            append("</svg>")
        }
    }

    private fun svgOpen(width: Int, height: Int): String =
        "<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 $width $height' width='$width' height='$height'>"

    private fun appendAxis(sb: StringBuilder, x1: Double, y1: Double, x2: Double, y2: Double) {
        sb.append("<line x1='${plotNum(x1)}' y1='${plotNum(y1)}' x2='${plotNum(x2)}' y2='${plotNum(y2)}' stroke='#2f2f2f' stroke-width='1'/>")
    }

Draws an arrow shaft plus a filled triangular head from (x1,y1) to (x2,y2).

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    private fun appendArrow(sb: StringBuilder, x1: Double, y1: Double, x2: Double, y2: Double, color: String) {
        sb.append("<line x1='${plotNum(x1)}' y1='${plotNum(y1)}' x2='${plotNum(x2)}' y2='${plotNum(y2)}' stroke='$color' stroke-width='1.6' stroke-linecap='round'/>")
        val ang = atan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1)
        val headLen = 6.0
        val spread = 0.42
        val hx1 = x2 - headLen * cos(ang - spread)
        val hy1 = y2 - headLen * sin(ang - spread)
        val hx2 = x2 - headLen * cos(ang + spread)
        val hy2 = y2 - headLen * sin(ang + spread)
        sb.append(
            "<polygon points='${plotNum(x2)},${plotNum(y2)} ${plotNum(hx1)},${plotNum(hy1)} " +
                "${plotNum(hx2)},${plotNum(hy2)}' fill='$color'/>"
        )
    }

    private fun matrixCellColor(v: Float, maxAbs: Double): String {
        if (!v.isFinite()) return "#4a3030"
        if (maxAbs <= 0.0) return "#222222"
        val t = min(1.0, abs(v.toDouble()) / maxAbs)
        // neutral (34,34,34) -> #6cf (102,204,255) for +, -> #f83 (248,136,51) for -
        val target = if (v >= 0f) Triple(102, 204, 255) else Triple(248, 136, 51)
        val rr = (34 + (target.first - 34) * t).toInt()
        val gg = (34 + (target.second - 34) * t).toInt()
        val bb = (34 + (target.third - 34) * t).toInt()
        return "#%02x%02x%02x".format(rr.coerceIn(0, 255), gg.coerceIn(0, 255), bb.coerceIn(0, 255))
    }

    private fun matrixCellLabel(v: Float): String = runCatching {
        val a = abs(v)
        when {
            a == 0f -> "0"
            a >= 1000f || a < 0.01f -> "%.0e".format(v)
            else -> "%.2f".format(v).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
        }
    }.getOrDefault("?")

    private fun formatRepeatSuffix(count: Int): String {
        if (count <= 1) return ""
        return " <span style='color: #777;'>same ref x</span>${formatNumberToken(count)}"
    }

    private fun sameReferenceRunLength(list: List<*>, start: Int, endExclusive: Int): Int {
        if (start >= endExclusive) return 0
        val first = list[start] ?: return 1
        if (!shouldCheckCircular(first)) return 1

        var count = 1
        while (start + count < endExclusive && list[start + count] === first) {
            count++
        }
        return count
    }

    private fun renderListPreviewElements(
        list: List<*>,
        start: Int,
        previewEndExclusive: Int,
        listEndExclusive: Int,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): Pair<List<RenderedListElement>, Int> {
        val elements = mutableListOf<RenderedListElement>()
        var i = start
        while (i < previewEndExclusive) {
            val runLength = sameReferenceRunLength(list, i, listEndExclusive).coerceAtLeast(1)
            val rendered = visualizeValue(list[i], depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
            elements += RenderedListElement(rendered, runLength)
            i += runLength
        }
        return elements to i
    }

    private fun StringBuilder.appendRenderedListElements(elements: List<RenderedListElement>) {
        elements.forEachIndexed { i, element ->
            if (i > 0 && shouldShowInlineSeparator(elements[i - 1].html, element.html)) {
                append("<span style='color: #888;'>, </span>")
            }
            append(element.html)
            append(formatRepeatSuffix(element.repeatCount))
        }
    }

recordTable applied to value display, or null to fall through to the ordinary list rendering. Narrower than recordTable itself, because here it is replacing a rendering that already works:

  • every cell must be a scalar — a record holding a list or a nested struct has no useful single-cell text, and the struct tree shows it better than a table would;
  • kotlin.Pair keeps its denser inline a to b form, and Triple its reflective one;
  • a list of lists keeps its nesting, which carries a sparkline per row that columns would swallow (recordTable still tables one on request);
  • a type that renders itself, via ToHTML or a registered printer, is never flattened into cells.
source — 115 lines, from line 1827
    private fun recordTableHtml(list: List<*>): String? {
        val first = list.firstOrNull() ?: return null
        if (first is ToHTML || ValuePrinterRegistry.getPrinter(first) != null) return null
        if (first::class.java.name.startsWith("kotlin.")) return null
        if (list.all { it is List<*> }) return null

        val table = recordTable(list) ?: return null
        if (table.rows.any { row -> row.any { !isScalarCell(it) } }) return null
        table.maxRows = RECORD_TABLE_MAX_ROWS
        return table.toHTML()
    }

    private fun isScalarCell(value: Any?): Boolean =
        value == null || value is Number || value is Boolean || value is Char ||
            value is CharSequence || value is Enum<*>

    private fun formatList(
        list: List<*>,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>,
        expandValue: Any? = list,
        expandTitle: String = list::class.simpleName ?: "List",
        respectDepthLimit: Boolean = true
    ): String {
        if (list.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>[empty list]</span>"

        // A homogeneous list of imaging detections (corners, Hough peaks, flow vectors, images) is a
        // picture, not a table of records. Returns null for every other list.
        ImagingVisualizer.formatList(list)?.let { return it }

        // And a list that *is* a table of records gets drawn as one. Top level only: nested inside a
        // struct there is no width to spend on columns.
        if (depth == 0) recordTableHtml(list)?.let { return it }

        val size = list.size
        val previewCount = previewCountForListLike(size)
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>[</span>")

            val (renderedPreview, nextOffset) = renderListPreviewElements(
                list = list,
                start = 0,
                previewEndExclusive = previewCount,
                listEndExclusive = size,
                depth = depth,
                visited = visited,
                respectDepthLimit = respectDepthLimit
            )
            appendRenderedListElements(renderedPreview)

            if (size > nextOffset) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        size - nextOffset,
                        "items",
                        expandValue,
                        expandTitle,
                        "list",
                        nextOffset,
                        depth
                    )
                )

                // Add summary stats if all numbers
                if (list.all { it is Number }) {
                    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
                    val numbers = list as List<Number>
                    val stats = calculateStats(numbers)
                    append(formatStatsSummary(stats))
                }
            }

            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>]</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(size))
            append(renderNumericSparkline(numericSeriesForSparkline(list)))
        }
    }

    private fun formatSet(set: Set<*>, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean): String {
        if (set.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>{empty set}</span>"

        val size = set.size
        val previewCount = previewCountForListLike(size)
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>{</span>")

            val preview = set.take(previewCount)
            val renderedPreview = preview.map { item ->
                visualizeValue(item, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
            }
            renderedPreview.forEachIndexed { i, rendered ->
                if (i > 0 && shouldShowInlineSeparator(renderedPreview[i - 1], rendered)) {
                    append("<span style='color: #888;'>, </span>")
                }
                append(rendered)
            }

            if (size > previewCount) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        size - previewCount,
                        "items",
                        set,
                        set::class.simpleName ?: "Set",
                        "list",
                        previewCount,
                        depth
                    )
                )
            }

            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>}</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(size))
        }
    }

a to b — the expression that built the pair — rather than the two-field reflective struct Pair { first -> a, second -> b }. Both sides recurse, so a pair of structs still expands; only the wrapper disappears.

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    private fun formatPair(
        pair: Pair<*, *>, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): String {
        val first = visualizeValue(pair.first, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        val second = visualizeValue(pair.second, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit)
        return "$first<span style='color: #777;'> to </span>$second"
    }

    private fun formatMap(map: Map<*, *>, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean): String {
        if (map.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>{empty map}</span>"
        return fieldValueToHtml(structValueFromMap(map, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit))
    }

    private fun structValueFromMap(
        map: Map<*, *>, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): FieldValue {
        val size = map.size
        val hasMore = size > MAX_MAP_ENTRIES + ELISION_SLACK
        val shown = if (hasMore) MAX_MAP_ENTRIES else size
        val entries = map.entries.take(shown).toList()
        val rawFields = entries.map { (key, value) ->
            RawField(visualizeValue(key, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit), value)
        }
        return renderStructValue(
            typeName = null,
            typeColor = "",
            keyColor = null,
            rawFields = rawFields,
            hasMore = hasMore,
            trailing = formatSizeSuffix(size),
            depth = depth,
            visited = visited,
            respectDepthLimit = respectDepthLimit,
            moreHtml = {
                formatMoreSuffix(
                    size - MAX_MAP_ENTRIES,
                    "entries",
                    map,
                    map::class.simpleName ?: "Map",
                    "map",
                    MAX_MAP_ENTRIES,
                    depth
                )
            }
        )
    }

    private fun formatArray(arr: Array<*>, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean): String {
        return formatList(
            arr.toList(),
            depth,
            visited,
            expandValue = arr,
            expandTitle = arr::class.simpleName ?: "Array",
            respectDepthLimit = respectDepthLimit
        )
    }

    private fun formatByteArray(arr: ByteArray): String {
        if (arr.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>[empty bytes]</span>"

        // Encoded raster? Render it inline so `display(PngEncoder.encode(px, w, h))` (and any
        // PNG/JPEG/GIF bytes) shows the picture instead of a hex dump.
        imageMimeType(arr)?.let { mime ->
            val b64 = java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(arr)
            // Absolute max-width (not 100%): the box output panel is shrink-wrap, so a percentage
            // width collapses the image; an absolute cap lets the panel size to the picture while
            // still scaling down on narrow pages (the docs theme re-caps at the column width).
            return "<img src='data:$mime;base64,$b64' " +
                "style='max-width:900px;height:auto;border-radius:6px;display:block' " +
                "alt='${arr.size}-byte $mime image'/>"
        }

        // Encoded audio? Render a player so `display(WavFloatArrayWriter.encodeMono16(sig, sr))` plays.
        if (isWav(arr)) {
            val b64 = java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(arr)
            return "<audio controls src='data:audio/wav;base64,$b64' " +
                "style='width:420px;max-width:100%;display:block'></audio>"
        }

        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #c8f;'>bytes[</span>")
            val preview = arr.take(8)
            append(preview.joinToString(" ") { formatNumberToken("%02x".format(it)) })
            if (arr.size > 8) {
                append(" ")
                append(
                    lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                        value = arr,
                        label = "… +${arr.size - 8} more bytes",
                        kind = "bytes",
                        offset = 8,
                        title = arr::class.simpleName ?: "ByteArray"
                    )
                )
            }
            append("<span style='color: #c8f;'>]</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(arr.size))
        }
    }

Detect a common image container by magic header, so encoded rasters display as pictures.

    private fun imageMimeType(a: ByteArray): String? = when {
        a.size >= 8 && a[0] == 0x89.toByte() && a[1] == 0x50.toByte() &&
            a[2] == 0x4E.toByte() && a[3] == 0x47.toByte() -> "image/png"
        a.size >= 3 && a[0] == 0xFF.toByte() && a[1] == 0xD8.toByte() && a[2] == 0xFF.toByte() -> "image/jpeg"
        a.size >= 6 && a[0] == 'G'.code.toByte() && a[1] == 'I'.code.toByte() &&
            a[2] == 'F'.code.toByte() && a[3] == '8'.code.toByte() -> "image/gif"
        else -> null
    }

RIFF/WAVE container by magic header, so encoded audio displays as a player.

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    private fun isWav(a: ByteArray): Boolean =
        a.size >= 12 &&
            a[0] == 'R'.code.toByte() && a[1] == 'I'.code.toByte() &&
            a[2] == 'F'.code.toByte() && a[3] == 'F'.code.toByte() &&
            a[8] == 'W'.code.toByte() && a[9] == 'A'.code.toByte() &&
            a[10] == 'V'.code.toByte() && a[11] == 'E'.code.toByte()

    private fun formatIntArray(arr: IntArray): String {
        if (arr.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>[empty ints]</span>"

        val previewCount = previewCountForListLike(arr.size)
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>[</span>")
            val preview = arr.take(previewCount)
            append("<span style='color: #8cf;'>")
            append(preview.joinToString(", "))
            append("</span>")

            if (arr.size > previewCount) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        arr.size - previewCount,
                        "items",
                        arr,
                        arr::class.simpleName ?: "IntArray",
                        "list",
                        previewCount,
                        0
                    )
                )
                val stats = calculateStats(arr.map { it.toDouble() })
                append(formatStatsSummary(stats))
            }

            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>]</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(arr.size))
            append(renderNumericSparkline(arr.map { it.toDouble() }))
        }
    }

    private fun formatFloatArray(arr: FloatArray): String {
        if (arr.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>[empty floats]</span>"

        val previewCount = previewCountForListLike(arr.size)
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>[</span>")
            val preview = arr.take(previewCount)
            append("<span style='color: #8cf;'>")
            append(preview.joinToString(", ") { fmt(it) })
            append("</span>")

            if (arr.size > previewCount) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        arr.size - previewCount,
                        "items",
                        arr,
                        arr::class.simpleName ?: "FloatArray",
                        "list",
                        previewCount,
                        0
                    )
                )
                val stats = calculateStats(arr.map { it.toDouble() })
                append(formatStatsSummary(stats))
            }

            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>]</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(arr.size))
            append(renderNumericSparkline(arr.map { it.toDouble() }))
        }
    }

    private fun formatDoubleArray(arr: DoubleArray): String {
        if (arr.isEmpty()) return "<span style='color: #888;'>[empty doubles]</span>"

        val previewCount = previewCountForListLike(arr.size)
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>[</span>")
            val preview = arr.take(previewCount)
            append("<span style='color: #8cf;'>")
            append(preview.joinToString(", ") { fmt(it) })
            append("</span>")

            if (arr.size > previewCount) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        arr.size - previewCount,
                        "items",
                        arr,
                        arr::class.simpleName ?: "DoubleArray",
                        "list",
                        previewCount,
                        0
                    )
                )
                val stats = calculateStats(arr.toList())
                append(formatStatsSummary(stats))
            }

            append("<span style='color: #aaa;'>]</span>")
            append(formatSizeSuffix(arr.size))
            append(renderNumericSparkline(arr.toList()))
        }
    }

Reduces a heterogeneous list to a numeric series suitable for a sparkline, or an empty list when it is not worth drawing.

A list qualifies only when it is predominantly numeric: at least SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS elements are Number and those make up the majority (>=60%). Non-numeric elements are kept as Double.NaN so they show up as gaps at their real index rather than silently shifting the curve.

    private fun numericSeriesForSparkline(list: List<*>): List<Double> {
        if (list.size < SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS) return emptyList()
        val numericCount = list.count { it is Number }
        if (numericCount < SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS) return emptyList()
        if (numericCount.toDouble() < list.size * 0.6) return emptyList()
        return list.map { (it as? Number)?.toDouble() ?: Double.NaN }
    }

Builds a small inline SVG sparkline for a numeric series, mirroring the NaN/∞-safe sampling of renderFnPlot: non-finite samples become pen-up gaps, a flat/degenerate range is padded so it still draws, and series longer than SPARKLINE_MAX_SAMPLES are downsampled (with the original count noted in the tooltip). Returns "" whenever there is nothing worth drawing — fewer than SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS finite values — so callers can append it unconditionally. The whole render is wrapped in runCatching so a bad element costs only the sparkline, never the value display.

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    private fun renderNumericSparkline(values: List<Double>): String =
        runCatching { buildNumericSparkline(values) }.getOrDefault("")

    private fun buildNumericSparkline(values: List<Double>): String {
        if (values.size < SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS) return ""

        val total = values.size
        val downsampled = total > SPARKLINE_MAX_SAMPLES
        val samples: List<Double> = if (!downsampled) values else {
            val step = total.toDouble() / SPARKLINE_MAX_SAMPLES.toDouble()
            List(SPARKLINE_MAX_SAMPLES) { i -> values[(i * step).toInt().coerceIn(0, total - 1)] }
        }

        var lo = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY
        var hi = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        var finite = 0
        for (v in samples) {
            if (!v.isFinite()) continue
            finite++
            if (v < lo) lo = v
            if (v > hi) hi = v
        }
        if (finite < SPARKLINE_MIN_POINTS) return "" // not enough finite data to be meaningful

        var yLo = lo
        var yHi = hi
        if (yLo == yHi) {
            val pad = max(1.0, abs(yLo) * 0.1)
            yLo -= pad; yHi += pad
        } else {
            val pad = (yHi - yLo) * 0.08
            yLo -= pad; yHi += pad
        }
        val ySpan = yHi - yLo
        if (!ySpan.isFinite() || ySpan <= 0.0) return ""

        val n = samples.size
        val w = SPARKLINE_WIDTH.toDouble()
        val h = SPARKLINE_HEIGHT.toDouble()
        val padY = 2.0
        val plotH = h - padY * 2.0

        fun px(i: Int): Double = if (n <= 1) w * 0.5 else (i.toDouble() / (n - 1).toDouble()) * w
        fun py(y: Double): Double = padY + (1.0 - (y - yLo) / ySpan) * plotH

        // Build the path, lifting the pen across non-finite gaps (as renderFnPlot does).
        val path = StringBuilder(n * 10)
        var penDown = false
        for (i in 0 until n) {
            val y = samples[i]
            if (!y.isFinite()) { penDown = false; continue }
            val cx = plotNum(px(i)); val cy = plotNum(py(y))
            if (!penDown) { path.append('M').append(cx).append(' ').append(cy).append(' '); penDown = true }
            else path.append('L').append(cx).append(' ').append(cy).append(' ')
        }
        if (path.isBlank()) return ""

        val note = if (downsampled) " (downsampled $total→$n)" else ""
        return buildString {
            append("<span style='display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 6px; ")
            append("border: 1px solid #333; border-radius: 3px; background: #111; ")
            append("width: ${SPARKLINE_WIDTH}px; height: ${SPARKLINE_HEIGHT}px; overflow: hidden;' ")
            append("title='sparkline of $total value${if (total == 1) "" else "s"}$note'>")
            append("<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 $SPARKLINE_WIDTH $SPARKLINE_HEIGHT' ")
            append("width='$SPARKLINE_WIDTH' height='$SPARKLINE_HEIGHT'>")
            // faint dashed zero baseline when the *data* straddles zero
            // (test against lo/hi, not the padded range, so a ramp from 0 up
            // doesn't spuriously grow a baseline once padding dips below zero)
            if (lo < 0.0 && hi > 0.0) {
                val zy = plotNum(py(0.0))
                append("<line x1='0' y1='$zy' x2='$SPARKLINE_WIDTH' y2='$zy' stroke='#444' stroke-width='1' stroke-dasharray='2 2'/>")
            }
            append("<path d='")
            append(path.toString().trim())
            append("' fill='none' stroke='#6cf' stroke-width='1.2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' vector-effect='non-scaling-stroke'/>")
            append("</svg>")
            append("</span>")
        }
    }

    private fun formatDataClass(obj: Any, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean): String {
        val className = obj::class.simpleName ?: "DataClass"
        return try {
            fieldValueToHtml(structValueFromDataClass(obj, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit))
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            "<span style='color: #f88;'>$className [reflection failed: ${e.message}]</span>"
        }
    }

    private fun structValueFromDataClass(
        obj: Any, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>, respectDepthLimit: Boolean
    ): FieldValue {
        val className = obj::class.simpleName ?: "DataClass"
        val properties = obj::class.memberProperties
        if (properties.isEmpty()) {
            return FieldValue.Inline("<span style='color: #cc8;'>$className()</span>")
        }

        val entries = properties.toList()
        val hasMore = entries.size > MAX_OBJECT_FIELDS + ELISION_SLACK
        val previewEntries = if (hasMore) entries.take(MAX_OBJECT_FIELDS) else entries

        val rawFields = previewEntries.map { prop ->
            val propValue = try {
                prop.isAccessible = true
                prop.getter.call(obj)
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                "[error: ${e.message}]"
            }
            RawField(escape(prop.name), propValue, prop.returnType)
        }

        return renderStructValue(
            typeName = className,
            typeColor = "#cc8",
            keyColor = "#aaf",
            rawFields = rawFields,
            hasMore = hasMore,
            trailing = "",
            depth = depth,
            visited = visited,
            respectDepthLimit = respectDepthLimit,
            moreHtml = {
                lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                    value = obj,
                    label = "… +${entries.size - previewEntries.size} more fields",
                    kind = "object",
                    offset = previewEntries.size,
                    depth = depth,
                    title = className
                )
            }
        )
    }

internal fun renderLazyFragment(token: String, kind: String, offset: Int, depth: Int): String?

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    internal fun renderLazyFragment(token: String, kind: String, offset: Int, depth: Int): String? {
        val value = h2GetRawValue(token) ?: return null
        val safeOffset = offset.coerceAtLeast(0)
        val safeDepth = depth.coerceAtLeast(0)
        val visited = newIdentitySet()

        return when (kind.lowercase()) {
            "full" -> visualizeValue(value, safeDepth, visited, respectDepthLimit = false)
            "string" -> renderStringContinuation(value as? String ?: return null, safeOffset)
            "list" -> renderListContinuation(value, safeOffset, safeDepth, visited)
            "map" -> renderMapContinuation(value as? Map<*, *> ?: return null, safeOffset, safeDepth, visited)
            "object" -> renderDataClassContinuation(value, safeOffset, safeDepth, visited)
            "bytes" -> renderByteArrayContinuation(value as? ByteArray ?: return null, safeOffset)
            else -> null
        }
    }

    private fun renderStringContinuation(value: String, offset: Int): String {
        val safeStart = offset.coerceIn(0, value.length)
        if (safeStart >= value.length) return ""
        val nextEnd = min(value.length, safeStart + STRING_EXPANSION_CHUNK)

        return buildString {
            append("<span style='color: #8f8;'>")
            append(escape(value.substring(safeStart, nextEnd)))
            append("</span>")
            if (nextEnd < value.length) {
                append(" ")
                append(
                    lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                        value = value,
                        label = "… +${value.length - nextEnd} chars",
                        kind = "string",
                        offset = nextEnd,
                        title = "String"
                    )
                )
            }
        }
    }

    private fun renderByteArrayContinuation(value: ByteArray, offset: Int): String {
        val safeStart = offset.coerceIn(0, value.size)
        if (safeStart >= value.size) return ""
        val nextEnd = min(value.size, safeStart + BYTE_EXPANSION_CHUNK)

        return buildString {
            append(value.sliceArray(safeStart until nextEnd).joinToString(" ") { formatNumberToken("%02x".format(it)) })
            if (nextEnd < value.size) {
                append(" ")
                append(
                    lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                        value = value,
                        label = "… +${value.size - nextEnd} more bytes",
                        kind = "bytes",
                        offset = nextEnd,
                        title = value::class.simpleName ?: "ByteArray"
                    )
                )
            }
        }
    }

    private fun renderListContinuation(value: Any?, offset: Int, depth: Int, visited: MutableSet<Any>): String? {
        val list = toListLike(value) ?: return null
        val safeStart = offset.coerceIn(0, list.size)
        if (safeStart >= list.size) return ""
        val nextEnd = min(list.size, safeStart + LIST_EXPANSION_CHUNK)
        val title = valueTitle(value, "List")

        return buildString {
            val (rendered, nextOffset) = renderListPreviewElements(
                list = list,
                start = safeStart,
                previewEndExclusive = nextEnd,
                listEndExclusive = list.size,
                depth = depth,
                visited = visited,
                respectDepthLimit = false
            )
            appendRenderedListElements(rendered)
            if (nextOffset < list.size) {
                append(
                    formatMoreSuffix(
                        list.size - nextOffset,
                        "items",
                        value,
                        title,
                        "list",
                        nextOffset,
                        depth
                    )
                )
            }
        }
    }

    private fun renderMapContinuation(
        value: Map<*, *>,
        offset: Int,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>
    ): String {
        val entries = value.entries.toList()
        val safeStart = offset.coerceIn(0, entries.size)
        if (safeStart >= entries.size) return ""
        val nextEnd = min(entries.size, safeStart + MAP_EXPANSION_CHUNK)
        val hasMore = nextEnd < entries.size
        val title = valueTitle(value, "Map")

        val rawFields = entries.subList(safeStart, nextEnd).map { (key, entryValue) ->
            RawField(visualizeValue(key, depth + 1, visited, respectDepthLimit = false), entryValue)
        }
        val more = if (hasMore) {
            formatMoreSuffix(entries.size - nextEnd, "entries", value, title, "map", nextEnd, depth)
        } else null
        return renderContinuationFields(rawFields, keyColor = null, depth = depth, visited = visited, moreExpander = more)
    }

    private fun renderDataClassContinuation(
        value: Any?,
        offset: Int,
        depth: Int,
        visited: MutableSet<Any>
    ): String {
        val obj = value ?: return ""
        if (!obj::class.isData) {
            return visualizeValue(obj, depth, visited, respectDepthLimit = false)
        }

        val entries = obj::class.memberProperties.toList()
        val safeStart = offset.coerceIn(0, entries.size)
        if (safeStart >= entries.size) return ""
        val nextEnd = min(entries.size, safeStart + OBJECT_EXPANSION_CHUNK)
        val hasMore = nextEnd < entries.size
        val className = valueTitle(obj, "DataClass")

        val rawFields = entries.subList(safeStart, nextEnd).map { prop ->
            val propValue = try {
                prop.isAccessible = true
                prop.getter.call(obj)
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                "[error: ${e.message}]"
            }
            RawField(escape(prop.name), propValue, prop.returnType)
        }
        val more = if (hasMore) {
            lazyInlineExpanderHtml(
                value = obj,
                label = "… +${entries.size - nextEnd} more fields",
                kind = "object",
                offset = nextEnd,
                depth = depth,
                title = className
            )
        } else null
        return renderContinuationFields(rawFields, keyColor = "#aaf", depth = depth, visited = visited, moreExpander = more)
    }

    private fun toListLike(value: Any?): List<*>? = when (value) {
        is List<*> -> value
        is Set<*> -> value.toList()
        is Array<*> -> value.toList()
        is ByteArray -> value.asList()
        is ShortArray -> value.asList()
        is IntArray -> value.asList()
        is LongArray -> value.asList()
        is FloatArray -> value.asList()
        is DoubleArray -> value.asList()
        is BooleanArray -> value.asList()
        is CharArray -> value.asList()
        else -> null
    }

    private fun valueTitle(value: Any?, fallback: String): String {
        val title = value?.let { it::class.simpleName ?: it::class.java.simpleName }
        return title?.ifBlank { fallback } ?: fallback
    }


    private fun fmt(n: Float): String {
        return when {
            n.isNaN() -> "NaN"
            n.isInfinite() -> if (n > 0) "∞" else "-∞"
            abs(n) < 0.001f && n != 0f -> "%.2e".format(n)
            abs(n) > 1000f -> "%.2e".format(n)
            else -> "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
        }
    }

    private fun fmt(n: Double): String {
        return when {
            n.isNaN() -> "NaN"
            n.isInfinite() -> if (n > 0) "∞" else "-∞"
            abs(n) < 0.001 && n != 0.0 -> "%.2e".format(n)
            abs(n) > 1000.0 -> "%.2e".format(n)
            else -> "%.3f".format(n).trimEnd('0').trimEnd('.')
        }
    }

    private fun lookupBoxReference(boxId: String): BoxReference? {
        val candidates = candidateBoxIds(boxId)
        val currentSession: SessionInformation? = thisSessionInfo.get()
        currentSession?.let { session ->
            candidates.forEach { candidate ->
                session.boxes[candidate]?.let { currentBox ->
                    return BoxReference(
                        uid = currentBox.id,
                        name = currentBox.name.ifBlank { currentBox.id }
                    )
                }
            }
        }

        documents.values.forEach { sessionInfo ->
            candidates.forEach { candidateId ->
                val candidate = sessionInfo.boxes[candidateId] ?: return@forEach
                return BoxReference(
                    uid = candidate.id,
                    name = candidate.name.ifBlank { candidate.id }
                )
            }
        }

        return null
    }

    private fun candidateBoxIds(boxId: String): List<String> {
        val candidates = linkedSetOf<String>()
        candidates += boxId
        candidates += boxId.lowercase()
        if (boxId.startsWith("_")) {
            val noPrefix = boxId.drop(1)
            candidates += noPrefix
            candidates += noPrefix.lowercase()
        }

        UNDERSCORE_UUID_REGEX.matchEntire(boxId)?.let { m ->
            val hyphenUuid = "${m.groupValues[1]}-${m.groupValues[2]}-${m.groupValues[3]}-${m.groupValues[4]}-${m.groupValues[5]}"
            candidates += hyphenUuid
            candidates += hyphenUuid.lowercase()
        }

        return candidates.toList()
    }

    private fun rewriteBoxReferencesInHtml(html: String): String {
        if (html.length < 37 || html.indexOf('_') < 0) return html

        val out = StringBuilder(html.length + 32)
        var cursor = 0
        while (cursor < html.length) {
            val tagStart = html.indexOf('<', cursor)
            if (tagStart < 0) {
                out.append(rewriteBoxReferencesInText(html.substring(cursor), escapePlainText = false))
                break
            }

            if (tagStart > cursor) {
                out.append(rewriteBoxReferencesInText(html.substring(cursor, tagStart), escapePlainText = false))
            }

            val tagEnd = html.indexOf('>', tagStart + 1)
            if (tagEnd < 0) {
                out.append(rewriteBoxReferencesInText(html.substring(tagStart), escapePlainText = false))
                break
            }

            out.append(html, tagStart, tagEnd + 1)
            cursor = tagEnd + 1
        }
        return out.toString()
    }

    private fun rewriteBoxReferencesInText(text: String, escapePlainText: Boolean): String {
        if (text.length < 37 || text.indexOf('_') < 0) {
            return if (escapePlainText) escapeHtmlText(text) else text
        }

        val nameCache = mutableMapOf<String, BoxReference?>()
        val out = StringBuilder(text.length + 32)
        var cursor = 0
        var replacedAny = false

        BOX_ID_TOKEN_REGEX.findAll(text).forEach { match ->
            val boxId = match.groups[1]?.value ?: return@forEach
            val boxRef = nameCache.getOrPut(boxId) { lookupBoxReference(boxId) } ?: return@forEach

            val start = match.range.first
            val endExclusive = match.range.last + 1
            if (start < cursor) return@forEach

            val prefix = text.substring(cursor, start)
            out.append(if (escapePlainText) escapeHtmlText(prefix) else prefix)
            out.append(formatStyledBoxReference(boxRef))
            cursor = endExclusive
            replacedAny = true
        }

        if (!replacedAny) {
            return if (escapePlainText) escapeHtmlText(text) else text
        }

        val suffix = text.substring(cursor)
        out.append(if (escapePlainText) escapeHtmlText(suffix) else suffix)
        return out.toString()
    }

    private fun escape(s: String): String {
        return rewriteBoxReferencesInText(s, escapePlainText = true)
    }

    private fun formatStyledBoxReference(boxRef: BoxReference): String {
        val escapedUid = escapeHtmlText(boxRef.uid)
        return buildString {
            append("<a href='#box:")
            append(escapedUid)
            append("' data-box-uid='")
            append(escapedUid)
            append("' style='text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;'>")
            append("<span style='color:#fff;font-weight:300;'>")
            append(BOX_SYMBOL)
            append("</span>")
            append("<span style='color:#fff;font-weight:300;font-style:italic;'>")
            append(escapeHtmlText(boxRef.name))
            append("</span>")
            append("</a>")
        }
    }

    private fun escapeHtmlText(text: String): String {
        return text.replace("&", "&amp;")
            .replace("<", "&lt;")
            .replace(">", "&gt;")
            .replace("\"", "&quot;")
            .replace("'", "&#39;")
    }

    private data class Stats(
        val mean: Double,
        val stdDev: Double,
        val min: Double,
        val max: Double
    )

    private fun calculateStats(numbers: List<Number>): Stats {
        if (numbers.isEmpty()) return Stats(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

        val doubles = numbers.map { it.toDouble() }
        val mean = doubles.average()
        val variance = doubles.map { (it - mean).pow(2) }.average()
        val stdDev = sqrt(variance)
        val min = doubles.minOrNull() ?: 0.0
        val max = doubles.maxOrNull() ?: 0.0

        return Stats(mean, stdDev, min, max)
    }
}

fun Box.viz(channel: String = "viz", value: Any?)

Extension function to visualize a value in a Box's display output

fun Box.viz(channel: String = "viz", value: Any?) {
    display(channel, ValueVisualizer.visualize(value))
}

val Any?.h : String

val Any?.h : String
    get() = ValueVisualizer.visualize(this)

inline fun <reified T : Any> registerValuePrinter(noinline printer: (T) -> String) {

Register a custom printer for a type

inline fun <reified T : Any> registerValuePrinter(noinline printer: (T) -> String) {
    ValuePrinterRegistry.register(T::class.java, printer)
}

fun jsonLeafValue(p: kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive): Any?

The Kotlin value a kotlinx JSON leaf holds: null, a Boolean, a Long or Double, or the string's content without its quotes. What .h and .h2 show in place of the JsonPrimitive itself.

fun jsonLeafValue(p: kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive): Any? = when {
    p is kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonNull -> null
    p.isString -> p.content
    else -> p.content.toBooleanStrictOrNull() ?: p.content.toLongOrNull() ?: p.content.toDoubleOrNull() ?: p.content
}