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"""Autonomous architecture experiment framework.

Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch pattern:
modify config -> train -> evaluate -> keep/discard -> repeat.
"""

import logging
import os
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Callable, Optional

import pandas as pd

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class AutoresearchLoop:
    """Run, track, and compare architecture experiments automatically.

    Workflow per experiment:
        1. Apply config modification
        2. Train with modified config
        3. Evaluate
        4. Compare to baseline
        5. Keep if improvement > threshold, discard otherwise
        6. Log result to results.tsv
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        results_path: str = "results.tsv",
        improvement_threshold: float = 0.01,
        primary_metric: str = "sharpe_ratio",
    ):
        self.results_path = results_path
        self.improvement_threshold = improvement_threshold
        self.primary_metric = primary_metric
        self.baseline_metrics: Optional[dict] = None

    def set_baseline(self, metrics: dict) -> None:
        """Set current best metrics as baseline for comparison.

        Args:
            metrics: dict with at least the primary_metric key.
        """
        if self.primary_metric not in metrics:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Baseline must include primary metric '{self.primary_metric}'"
            )
        self.baseline_metrics = dict(metrics)
        logger.info(
            f"Baseline set: {self.primary_metric}={metrics[self.primary_metric]:.4f}"
        )

    def run_experiment(
        self,
        name: str,
        config_modifier: Callable[[dict], dict],
        train_fn: Callable[[dict], object],
        evaluate_fn: Callable[[object], dict],
        base_config: Optional[dict] = None,
    ) -> dict:
        """Run a single experiment.

        Args:
            name: Experiment name for logging.
            config_modifier: Takes base config dict, returns modified config.
            train_fn: Takes config dict, returns trained model/artifact.
            evaluate_fn: Takes trained artifact, returns metrics dict.
            base_config: Starting config (empty dict if None).

        Returns:
            {name, metrics, kept, improvement}
        """
        if base_config is None:
            base_config = {}

        config = config_modifier(dict(base_config))
        logger.info(f"Experiment '{name}': training...")

        artifact = train_fn(config)
        metrics = evaluate_fn(artifact)

        kept = False
        improvement = 0.0

        if self.baseline_metrics is not None:
            baseline_val = self.baseline_metrics.get(self.primary_metric, 0.0)
            current_val = metrics.get(self.primary_metric, 0.0)
            if baseline_val != 0:
                improvement = (current_val - baseline_val) / abs(baseline_val)
            elif current_val > 0:
                improvement = 1.0

            if improvement >= self.improvement_threshold:
                kept = True
                self.baseline_metrics = dict(metrics)
                logger.info(
                    f"Experiment '{name}': KEPT "
                    f"(improvement={improvement:+.4f}, "
                    f"{self.primary_metric}={current_val:.4f})"
                )
            else:
                logger.info(
                    f"Experiment '{name}': DISCARDED "
                    f"(improvement={improvement:+.4f} < threshold={self.improvement_threshold})"
                )
        else:
            # No baseline — first experiment is always kept
            kept = True
            self.baseline_metrics = dict(metrics)
            logger.info(f"Experiment '{name}': KEPT (first experiment, set as baseline)")

        result = {
            "name": name,
            "metrics": metrics,
            "kept": kept,
            "improvement": improvement,
        }
        self._log_result(result)
        return result

    def run_experiment_queue(
        self,
        experiments: list[dict],
        base_config: Optional[dict] = None,
    ) -> list[dict]:
        """Run a queue of experiments sequentially.

        Each dict should have keys: name, config_modifier, train_fn, evaluate_fn.

        Returns:
            List of result dicts.
        """
        results = []
        for exp in experiments:
            result = self.run_experiment(
                name=exp["name"],
                config_modifier=exp["config_modifier"],
                train_fn=exp["train_fn"],
                evaluate_fn=exp["evaluate_fn"],
                base_config=base_config,
            )
            results.append(result)
        return results

    def _log_result(self, result: dict) -> None:
        """Append experiment result to TSV file."""
        path = Path(self.results_path)
        file_exists = path.exists() and path.stat().st_size > 0

        flat = {
            "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
            "name": result["name"],
            "kept": result["kept"],
            "improvement": f"{result['improvement']:.6f}",
        }
        for k, v in result["metrics"].items():
            flat[f"metric_{k}"] = f"{v:.6f}" if isinstance(v, float) else str(v)

        row = pd.DataFrame([flat])
        row.to_csv(
            self.results_path,
            sep="\t",
            mode="a",
            header=not file_exists,
            index=False,
        )

    def load_results(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
        """Load experiment results from TSV."""
        path = Path(self.results_path)
        if not path.exists():
            return pd.DataFrame()
        return pd.read_csv(self.results_path, sep="\t")