[ML] Improve data access pattern computing best splits for classification and regression #1312
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The feature derivatives for boosted tree splits are laid out in increasing feature index order, but when we sample a feature bag we don't ensure it is sorted. This means we are getting random access rather than linear scan over the derivatives when computing the best split. This switches to sorting the feature bag after sampling and rejigs the function signatures to avoid allocating a vector for every node.