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AI-generatedFull canvas redraw on each animation frame in Chart.js line charts
When working with Chart.js line charts that animate large datasets, the library clears and redraws the entire canvas on every animation frame, which can become a performance bottleneck as the number of points grows. This behavior persists in Chart.js 3 and later, even though the animation loop uses requestAnimationFrame, and the observed impact varies with c
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