- Add blanket `impl Objective<V> for Fn(&mut Trial) -> Result<V, E>`
so closures work directly with `optimize`
- Rewrite optimize, optimize_async, optimize_parallel to accept
`impl Objective<V>` with before_trial/after_trial hooks
- Remove optimize_with, optimize_with_async, optimize_with_parallel
- Remove max_retries and retry logic from Objective trait
- Add explicit closure type annotations for HRTB inference
- Convert FnMut test closures to Fn via RefCell/Cell
- Split pruning_and_callbacks into pruning and early_stopping
- Split advanced_features into async_parallel, journal_storage, ask_and_tell, multi_objective
- Each example now requires only its own feature flag
- Trim sampler_comparison winner logic and verbose header
- Update CI workflow and README to match new example names
Add a `visualization` feature flag that generates self-contained HTML
reports with interactive Plotly.js charts for offline visualization of
optimization results. Charts include optimization history, slice plots,
parallel coordinates, parameter importance, trial timeline, and
intermediate values (learning curves).
Add micro-benchmarks for TPE, Random, and Grid samplers with varying
history sizes, end-to-end optimization benchmarks on Sphere and
Rosenbrock, and a convergence tracking example that outputs CSV data.
Includes 6 standard test functions (Sphere, Rosenbrock, Rastrigin,
Ackley, Branin, Hartmann6) with correctness tests at known optima.
- Add `.name()` builder method on all 5 parameter types for custom labels
- Add `CompletedTrial::get(¶m)` for typed parameter access
- Add `Display` impl on `ParamValue`
- Add prelude module at `optimizer::prelude::*`
- Shadow `_with_sampler` methods on `Study<f64>` so `optimize()` auto-uses
the configured sampler; deprecate `_with_sampler` variants
- Use runtime `Any` downcasting with `trial_factory` to avoid E0592
- Update all examples and tests to use the new API
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Manuel Raimann