Avoid materializing entire time vector from zarr for time_to_sample_index#4620
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…ndex `np.searchsorted` is fine for mem-maps, but for out-of-core arrays (zarr) it reads the whole time vector (even if a `zarr.Array`) into memory. Bisecting instead reads O(log N) elements, which saves an order of magnitude of RAM for long recordings. """
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np.searchsortedis fine for mem-maps, but for out-of-core arrays (zarr) it reads the whole time vector (even if azarr.Array) into memory. Bisecting instead reads O(log N) elements, which saves an order of magnitude of RAM for long recordings.