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* No need to pass the tree to all fuctions related to monotone constraints because the pointer is shared.

* Fix OppositeChildShouldBeUpdated numerical split optimisation.

* No need to use constraints when computing the output of the root.

* Refactor existing constraints.

* Add advanced constraints method.

* Update tests.

* Add override.

* linting.

* Add override.

* Simplify condition in LeftRightContainsRelevantInformation.

* Add virtual destructor to FeatureConstraint.

* Remove redundant blank line.

* linting of else.

* Indentation.

* Lint else.

* Replaced non-const reference by pointers.

* Forgotten reference.

* Leverage USE_MC for efficiency.

* Make constraints const again in feature_histogram.hpp.

* Update docs.

* Add "advanced" to the monotone constraints options.

* Update monotone constraints restrictions.

* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Remove superfluous parenthesis.

* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Fix loop iterator.
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* Remove std namespace qualifier.

* Fix unsigned_int size_t comparison.

* Set num_features as int for consistency with the rest of the codebase.

* Make sure constraints exist before recomputing them.

* Initialize previous constraints in UpdateConstraints.

* Update monotone constraints restrictions.

* Refactor UpdateConstraints loop.

* Update src/io/config.cpp
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* Delete white spaces.
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* Add the monotone penalty parameter to the config.

* Pass tree in the necessary functions so it can be used in ComputeBestSplitForFeature.

* Add monotone penalty.

* Added link to the original report.

* Add tests.

* Fix GPU.

* Revert "Pass tree in the necessary functions so it can be used in ComputeBestSplitForFeature."

This reverts commit 37757e8e8f3a2c82a604f4af9a926da616660d2e.

* Revert "Fix GPU."

This reverts commit e49eeee41c883f3c97fd5cdbd53c9288094bffb6.

* Added a shared pointer to the tree so the constraints can use it too.

* Moved check on monotone penalty to config.cpp.

* Python linting.

* Use AssertTrue instead of assert_.

* Fix penalization in test.

* Make GPU deterministic in tests.

* Rename tree to tree_ in monotone constraints.

* Replaced epsilon by kEplison.

* Typo.

* Make tree pointer const.

* Update src/treelearner/monotone_constraints.hpp
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* Update src/treelearner/monotone_constraints.hpp
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* Added alias for the penalty.

* Remove useless comment.

* Save CI time.

* Refactor test_monotone_penalty_max.

* Update include/LightGBM/config.h
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* Fix doc to be in line with previous config change commit.
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* Add util functions.

* Added monotone_constraints_method as a parameter.

* Add the intermediate constraining method.

* Updated tests.

* Minor fixes.

* Typo.

* Linting.

* Ran the parameter generator for the doc.

* Removed usage of the FeatureMonotone function.

* more fixes

* Fix.

* Remove duplicated code.

* Add debug checks.

* Typo.

* Bug fix.

* Disable the use of intermediate monotone constraints and feature sampling at the same time.

* Added an alias for monotone constraining method.

* Use the right variable to get the number of threads.

* Fix DEBUG checks.

* Add back check to determine if histogram is splittable.

* Added forgotten override keywords.

* Perform monotone constraint update only when necessary.

* Small refactor of FastLeafConstraints.

* Post rebase commit.

* Small refactor.

* Typo.

* Added comment and slightly improved logic of monotone constraints.

* Forgot a const.

* Vectors that are to be modified need to be pointers.

* Rename FastLeafConstraints to IntermediateLeafConstraints to match documentation.

* Remove overload of GoUpToFindLeavesToUpdate.

* Stop memory leaking.

* Fix cpplint issues.

* Fix checks.

* Fix more cpplint issues.

* Refactor config monotone constraints method.

* Typos.

* Remove useless empty lines.

* Add new line to separate includes.

* Replace unsigned ind by size_t.

* Reduce number of trials in tests to decrease CI time.

* Specify monotone constraints better in tests.

* Removed outer loop in test of monotone constraints.

* Added categorical features to the monotone constraints tests.

* Add blank line.

* Regenerate parameters automatically.

* Speed up ShouldKeepGoingLeftRight.
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* Move monotone constraints to the monotone_constraints files.

* Add checks for debug mode.

* Refactored FindBestSplitsFromHistograms.

* Add headers.

* fix

* Update data_parallel_tree_learner.cpp

* simplify ComputeBestSplitForFeature

* Fix min / max issue.

* Remove duplicated check.
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