Add concatenate flag to .compute()

dask_expr/_collection.py

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def persist(self, fuse=True, **kwargs):
         out = self.optimize(fuse=fuse)
         return DaskMethodsMixin.persist(out, **kwargs)
 
-    def compute(self, fuse=True, **kwargs):
+    def compute(self, fuse=True, concatenate=True, **kwargs):
         """Compute this DataFrame.
 
         This turns a lazy Dask DataFrame into an in-memory pandas DataFrame.
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ def compute(self, fuse=True, **kwargs):
             Whether to fuse the expression tree before computing. Fusing significantly
             reduces the number of tasks and improves performance. It shouldn't be
             disabled unless absolutely necessary.
+        concatenate : bool, default True
+            Whether to concatenate all partitions into a single one before computing.
+            Concatenating enables more powerful optimizations but it also incurs additional
+            data transfer cost. Generally, it should be enabled.
         kwargs
             Extra keywords to forward to the base compute function.
 
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ def compute(self, fuse=True, **kwargs):
         dask.compute
         """
         out = self
-        if not isinstance(out, Scalar):
+        if not isinstance(out, Scalar) and concatenate:
             out = out.repartition(npartitions=1)
         out = out.optimize(fuse=fuse)
         return DaskMethodsMixin.compute(out, **kwargs)

dask_expr/tests/test_distributed.py

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 
 distributed = pytest.importorskip("distributed")
 
-from distributed import Client, LocalCluster
+from distributed import Client, LocalCluster, SchedulerPlugin
 from distributed.shuffle._core import id_from_key
+from distributed.utils_test import cleanup  # noqa F401
 from distributed.utils_test import client as c  # noqa F401
-from distributed.utils_test import gen_cluster
+from distributed.utils_test import gen_cluster, loop, loop_in_thread  # noqa F401
 
 import dask_expr as dx
 
@@ -456,3 +457,39 @@ def test_respect_context_shuffle(df, pdf, func):
     with dask.config.set({"dataframe.shuffle.method": "tasks"}):
         result = q.optimize(fuse=False)
     assert len([x for x in result.walk() if isinstance(x, P2PShuffle)]) > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("concatenate", [True, False])
+def test_compute_concatenates(loop, concatenate):
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame({"a": np.random.randint(1, 100, (100,)), "b": 1})
+    df = from_pandas(pdf, npartitions=10)
+
+    class Plugin(SchedulerPlugin):
+        def start(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.repartition_in_tasks = False
+
+        def update_graph(
+            self,
+            scheduler,
+            *,
+            client,
+            keys,
+            tasks,
+            annotations,
+            priority,
+            dependencies,
+            **kwargs,
+        ):
+            for key in dependencies:
+                if not isinstance(key, tuple):
+                    continue
+                group = key[0]
+                if not isinstance(group, str):
+                    continue
+                self.repartition_in_tasks |= group.startswith("repartitiontofewer")
+
+    with Client(loop=loop) as c:
+        c.register_plugin(Plugin(), name="tracker")
+        df.compute(fuse=False, concatenate=concatenate)
+        plugin = c.cluster.scheduler.plugins["tracker"]
+        assert plugin.repartition_in_tasks is concatenate