allow more type annotations in dataclass_array_container

arraycontext/container/dataclass.py

@@ -51,47 +51,39 @@ def dataclass_array_container(cls: type) -> type:
 
     Attributes that are not array containers are allowed. In order to decide
     whether an attribute is an array container, the declared attribute type
-    is checked by the criteria from :func:`is_array_container_type`.
+    is checked by the criteria from :func:`is_array_container_type`. This
+    includes some support for type annotations:
+
+    * :class:`typing.Union` of array containers is allowed.
+    * other type annotations, e.g. :class:`typing.Optional`, are not considered
+      array containers, even if they wrap one.
     """
     from dataclasses import is_dataclass, Field
     assert is_dataclass(cls)
 
-    def is_array_field(f: Field) -> bool:
+    def is_array_type(tp: type) -> bool:
         from arraycontext import Array
+        return tp is Array or is_array_container_type(tp)
 
-        origin = get_origin(f.type)
-        if origin is Union:
-            if not all(
-                    arg is Array or is_array_container_type(arg)
-                    for arg in get_args(f.type)):
-                raise TypeError(
-                        f"Field '{f.name}' union contains non-array container "
-                        "arguments. All arguments must be array containers.")
-            else:
-                return True
-
+    def is_array_field(f: Field) -> bool:
         if __debug__:
             if not f.init:
                 raise ValueError(
-                        f"'init=False' field not allowed: '{f.name}'")
+                        f"Fields with 'init=False' not allowed: '{f.name}'")
 
             if isinstance(f.type, str):
                 raise TypeError(
-                        f"string annotation on field '{f.name}' not supported")
+                        f"String annotation on field '{f.name}' not supported")
 
-            from typing import _SpecialForm
-            if isinstance(f.type, _SpecialForm):
-                # NOTE: anything except a Union is not allowed
-                raise TypeError(
-                        f"typing annotation not supported on field '{f.name}': "
-                        f"'{f.type!r}'")
+        origin = get_origin(f.type)
+        if origin is Union:
+            return all(is_array_type(arg) for arg in get_args(f.type))
 
-            if not isinstance(f.type, type):
-                raise TypeError(
-                        f"field '{f.name}' not an instance of 'type': "
-                        f"'{f.type!r}'")
+        from typing import _GenericAlias, _SpecialForm
+        if isinstance(f.type, (_GenericAlias, _SpecialForm)):
+            return False
 
-        return f.type is Array or is_array_container_type(f.type)
+        return is_array_type(f.type)
 
     from pytools import partition
     array_fields, non_array_fields = partition(is_array_field, fields(cls))

test/test_utils.py

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def test_pt_actx_key_stringification_uniqueness():
 # {{{ test_dataclass_array_container
 
 def test_dataclass_array_container():
-    from typing import Optional
     from dataclasses import dataclass, field
     from arraycontext import dataclass_array_container
 
@@ -64,19 +63,6 @@ class ArrayContainerWithStringTypes:
 
     # }}}
 
-    # {{{ optional fields
-
-    @dataclass
-    class ArrayContainerWithOptional:
-        x: np.ndarray
-        y: Optional[np.ndarray]
-
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        # NOTE: cannot have wrapped annotations (here by `Optional`)
-        dataclass_array_container(ArrayContainerWithOptional)
-
-    # }}}
-
     # {{{ field(init=False)
 
     @dataclass
@@ -106,24 +92,23 @@ class ArrayContainerWithArray:
 # }}}
 
 
-# {{{ test_dataclass_container_unions
+# {{{ test_dataclass_container_type_annotations
 
-def test_dataclass_container_unions():
+def test_dataclass_container_type_annotations():
     from dataclasses import dataclass
     from arraycontext import dataclass_array_container
 
-    from typing import Union
+    from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
     from arraycontext import Array
 
     # {{{ union fields
 
+    @dataclass_array_container
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithUnion:
         x: np.ndarray
         y: Union[np.ndarray, Array]
 
-    dataclass_array_container(ArrayContainerWithUnion)
-
     # }}}
 
     # {{{ non-container union
@@ -139,6 +124,18 @@ class ArrayContainerWithWrongUnion:
 
     # }}}
 
+    # {{{ optional and other fields
+
+    @dataclass_array_container
+    @dataclass
+    class ArrayContainerWithAnnotations:
+        x: np.ndarray
+        y: Tuple[float, float]
+        z: Optional[np.ndarray]
+        w: str
+
+    # }}}
+
 # }}}