ENH: New function default_dtype

docs/api-reference.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     broadcast_shapes
     cov
     create_diagonal
+    default_dtype
     expand_dims
     isclose
     kron

src/array_api_extra/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     broadcast_shapes,
     cov,
     create_diagonal,
+    default_dtype,
     expand_dims,
     kron,
     nunique,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
     "broadcast_shapes",
     "cov",
     "create_diagonal",
+    "default_dtype",
     "expand_dims",
     "isclose",
     "kron",

src/array_api_extra/_lib/_funcs.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from types import ModuleType, NoneType
-from typing import cast, overload
+from typing import Literal, cast, overload
 
 from ._at import at
 from ._utils import _compat, _helpers
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     meta_namespace,
     ndindex,
 )
-from ._utils._typing import Array
+from ._utils._typing import Array, Device, DType
 
 __all__ = [
     "apply_where",
@@ -438,6 +438,44 @@ def create_diagonal(
     return xp.reshape(diag, (*batch_dims, n, n))
 
 
+def default_dtype(
+    xp: ModuleType,
+    kind: Literal[
+        "real floating", "complex floating", "integral", "indexing"
+    ] = "real floating",
+    *,
+    device: Device | None = None,
+) -> DType:
+    """
+    Return the default dtype for the given namespace and device.
+
+    This is a convenience shorthand for
+    ``xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes(device=device)[kind]``.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    xp : array_namespace
+        The standard-compatible namespace for which to get the default dtype.
+    kind : {'real floating', 'complex floating', 'integral', 'indexing'}, optional
+        The kind of dtype to return. Default is 'real floating'.
+    device : Device, optional
+        The device for which to get the default dtype. Default: current device.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dtype
+        The default dtype for the given namespace, kind, and device.
+    """
+    dtypes = xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes(device=device)
+    try:
+        return dtypes[kind]
+    except KeyError as e:
+        domain = ("real floating", "complex floating", "integral", "indexing")
+        assert set(dtypes) == set(domain), f"Non-compliant namespace: {dtypes}"
+        msg = f"Unknown kind '{kind}'. Expected one of {domain}."
+        raise ValueError(msg) from e
+
+
 def expand_dims(
     a: Array, /, *, axis: int | tuple[int, ...] = (0,), xp: ModuleType | None = None
 ) -> Array:
@@ -728,9 +766,7 @@ def nunique(x: Array, /, *, xp: ModuleType | None = None) -> Array:
     x = xp.reshape(x, (-1,))
     x = xp.sort(x)
     mask = x != xp.roll(x, -1)
-    default_int = xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes(
-        device=_compat.device(x)
-    )["integral"]
+    default_int = default_dtype(xp, "integral", device=_compat.device(x))
     return xp.maximum(
         # Special cases:
         # - array is size 0

tests/conftest.py

@@ -149,16 +149,8 @@ def xp(
 
     if library.like(Backend.JAX):
         _setup_jax(library)
-
-    elif library == Backend.TORCH_GPU:
-        import torch.cuda
-
-        if not torch.cuda.is_available():
-            pytest.skip("no CUDA device available")
-        xp.set_default_device("cuda")
-
-    elif library == Backend.TORCH:  # CPU
-        xp.set_default_device("cpu")
+    elif library.like(Backend.TORCH):
+        _setup_torch(library)
 
     yield xp
 
@@ -179,6 +171,24 @@ def _setup_jax(library: Backend) -> None:
     jax.config.update("jax_default_device", device)
 
 
+def _setup_torch(library: Backend) -> None:
+    import torch
+
+    # This is already the default, but some tests or env variables may change it.
+    # TODO test both float32 and float64, like in scipy.
+    torch.set_default_dtype(torch.float32)
+
+    if library == Backend.TORCH_GPU:
+        import torch.cuda
+
+        if not torch.cuda.is_available():
+            pytest.skip("no CUDA device available")
+        torch.set_default_device("cuda")
+    else:
+        assert library == Backend.TORCH
+        torch.set_default_device("cpu")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(params=[Backend.DASK])  # Can select the test with `pytest -k dask`
 def da(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
@@ -201,6 +211,15 @@ def jnp(
     return xp
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(params=[Backend.TORCH, Backend.TORCH_GPU])
+def torch(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> ModuleType:  # numpydoc ignore=PR01,RT01
+    """Variant of the `xp` fixture that only yields torch."""
+    xp = pytest.importorskip("torch")
+    xp = array_namespace(xp.empty(0))
+    _setup_torch(request.param)
+    return xp
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def device(
     library: Backend, xp: ModuleType

tests/test_funcs.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     broadcast_shapes,
     cov,
     create_diagonal,
+    default_dtype,
     expand_dims,
     isclose,
     kron,
@@ -517,6 +518,39 @@ def test_xp(self, xp: ModuleType):
         xp_assert_equal(y, xp.asarray([[1, 0], [0, 2]]))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail_xp_backend(Backend.SPARSE, reason="no __array_namespace_info__")
+class TestDefaultDType:
+    def test_basic(self, xp: ModuleType):
+        assert default_dtype(xp) == xp.empty(0).dtype
+
+    def test_kind(self, xp: ModuleType):
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "real floating") == xp.empty(0).dtype
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "complex floating") == (xp.empty(0) * 1j).dtype
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "integral") == xp.int64
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "indexing") == xp.int64
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown kind"):
+            _ = default_dtype(xp, "foo")  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
+
+    def test_device(self, xp: ModuleType, device: Device):
+        # Note: at the moment there are no known namespaces with
+        # device-specific default dtypes.
+        assert default_dtype(xp, device=None) == xp.empty(0).dtype
+        assert default_dtype(xp, device=device) == xp.empty(0).dtype
+
+    def test_torch(self, torch: ModuleType):
+        xp = torch
+        xp.set_default_dtype(xp.float64)
+        assert default_dtype(xp) == xp.float64
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "real floating") == xp.float64
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "complex floating") == xp.complex128
+
+        xp.set_default_dtype(xp.float32)
+        assert default_dtype(xp) == xp.float32
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "real floating") == xp.float32
+        assert default_dtype(xp, "complex floating") == xp.complex64
+
+
 class TestExpandDims:
     def test_single_axis(self, xp: ModuleType):
         """Trivial case where xpx.expand_dims doesn't add anything to xp.expand_dims"""