Merge branch 'main' into spike_retriever

src/spikeinterface/core/basesorting.py

@@ -278,12 +278,24 @@ def count_num_spikes_per_unit(self):
             Dictionary with unit_ids as key and number of spikes as values
         """
         num_spikes = {}
-        for unit_id in self.unit_ids:
-            n = 0
-            for segment_index in range(self.get_num_segments()):
-                st = self.get_unit_spike_train(unit_id=unit_id, segment_index=segment_index)
-                n += st.size
-            num_spikes[unit_id] = n
+
+        if self._cached_spike_trains is not None:
+            for unit_id in self.unit_ids:
+                n = 0
+                for segment_index in range(self.get_num_segments()):
+                    st = self.get_unit_spike_train(unit_id=unit_id, segment_index=segment_index)
+                    n += st.size
+                num_spikes[unit_id] = n
+        else:
+            spike_vector = self.to_spike_vector()
+            unit_indices, counts = np.unique(spike_vector["unit_index"], return_counts=True)
+            for unit_index, unit_id in enumerate(self.unit_ids):
+                if unit_index in unit_indices:
+                    idx = np.argmax(unit_indices == unit_index)
+                    num_spikes[unit_id] = counts[idx]
+                else:  # This unit has no spikes, hence it's not in the counts array.
+                    num_spikes[unit_id] = 0
+
         return num_spikes
 
     def count_total_num_spikes(self):