🚀 [Feature] Add deprecated Decorator

src/accelerate/utils/__init__.py

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
     from .megatron_lm import prepare_model_optimizer_scheduler as megatron_lm_prepare_model_optimizer_scheduler
     from .megatron_lm import prepare_optimizer as megatron_lm_prepare_optimizer
     from .megatron_lm import prepare_scheduler as megatron_lm_prepare_scheduler
+from .deprecation import deprecated
 from .memory import find_executable_batch_size, release_memory
 from .other import (
     check_os_kernel,

src/accelerate/utils/deprecation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The HuggingFace Team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import functools
+import textwrap
+import warnings
+from typing import Callable, TypeVar
+
+from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
+
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+_P = ParamSpec("_P")
+
+
+def deprecated(since: str, removed_in: str, instructions: str) -> Callable[[Callable[_P, _T]], Callable[_P, _T]]:
+    """Marks functions as deprecated.
+
+    It will result in a warning when the function is called and a note in the docstring.
+
+    Args:
+        since (`str`):
+            The version when the function was first deprecated.
+        removed_in (`str`):
+            The version when the function will be removed.
+        instructions (`str`):
+            The action users should take.
+
+    Returns:
+        `Callable`: A decorator that will mark the function as deprecated.
+    """
+
+    def decorator(function: Callable[_P, _T]) -> Callable[_P, _T]:
+        @functools.wraps(function)
+        def wrapper(*args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> _T:
+            warnings.warn(
+                f"'{function.__module__}.{function.__name__}' "
+                f"is deprecated in version {since} and will be "
+                f"removed in {removed_in}. Please {instructions}.",
+                category=FutureWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+            return function(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Add a deprecation note to the docstring.
+        docstring = function.__doc__ or ""
+
+        deprecation_note = textwrap.dedent(
+            f"""\
+            .. deprecated:: {since}
+                Deprecated and will be removed in version {removed_in}. Please {instructions}.
+            """
+        )
+
+        # Split docstring at first occurrence of newline
+        summary_and_body = docstring.split("\n\n", 1)
+        if len(summary_and_body) > 1:
+            summary, body = summary_and_body
+            body = textwrap.dedent(body)
+            new_docstring_parts = [deprecation_note, "\n\n", summary, body]
+        else:
+            summary = summary_and_body[0]
+            new_docstring_parts = [deprecation_note, "\n\n", summary]
+
+        wrapper.__doc__ = "".join(new_docstring_parts)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    return decorator

src/accelerate/utils/modeling.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from ..state import AcceleratorState
 from .constants import SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME, WEIGHTS_NAME
 from .dataclasses import AutocastKwargs, CustomDtype, DistributedType
+from .deprecation import deprecated
 from .imports import (
     is_mlu_available,
     is_mps_available,
@@ -471,11 +472,8 @@ class FindTiedParametersResult(list):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @deprecated(since="1.0.0rc0", removed_in="1.3.0", instructions="use another method instead")
     def values(self):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The 'values' method of FindTiedParametersResult is deprecated and will be removed in Accelerate v1.3.0. ",
-            FutureWarning,
-        )
         return sum([x[1:] for x in self], [])
 
 

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import os
 import pickle
 import tempfile
+import textwrap
 import unittest
 import warnings
 from collections import UserDict, namedtuple
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
     save,
     send_to_device,
 )
+from accelerate.utils.deprecation import deprecated
 from accelerate.utils.operations import is_namedtuple
 
 
@@ -413,3 +415,58 @@ def test_convert_dict_to_env_variables(self):
         with self.assertLogs("accelerate.utils.environment", level="WARNING"):
             valid_env_items = convert_dict_to_env_variables(env)
         assert valid_env_items == ["ACCELERATE_DEBUG_MODE=1\n", "OTHER_ENV=2\n"]
+
+    def test_deprecated(self):
+        @deprecated("0.2.0", "0.3.0", "toy instruction")
+        def long_deprecated_demo(arg1: int, arg2: int) -> tuple:
+            """This is a long summary. This is a long summary. This is a long
+            summary. This is a long summary.
+
+            Args:
+                arg1 (int): Description.
+                arg2 (int): Description.
+
+            Returns:
+                Description.
+            """
+            return arg1, arg2
+
+        with pytest.warns(
+            FutureWarning, match="deprecated in version 0.2.0 and will be removed in 0.3.0. Please toy instruction."
+        ):
+            self.assertEqual((1, 2), long_deprecated_demo(1, 2))
+
+        long_expected_docstring = textwrap.dedent("""
+            .. deprecated:: 0.2.0
+                Deprecated and will be removed in version 0.3.0. Please toy instruction.
+
+            This is a long summary. This is a long summary. This is a long
+            summary. This is a long summary.
+
+            Args:
+                arg1 (int): Description.
+                arg2 (int): Description.
+
+            Returns:
+                Description.
+            """)
+
+        long_expected_docstring = "".join(long_expected_docstring.split())
+        long_actual_docstring = "".join(long_deprecated_demo.__doc__.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(long_expected_docstring, long_actual_docstring)
+
+        @deprecated("0.2.0", "0.3.0", "toy instruction")
+        def short_deprecated_demo():
+            """Short summary."""
+
+        short_expected_docstring = textwrap.dedent("""
+            .. deprecated:: 0.2.0
+                Deprecated and will be removed in version 0.3.0. Please toy instruction.
+
+            Short summary.
+            """)
+        short_expected_docstring = "".join(short_expected_docstring.split())
+        short_actual_docstring = "".join(short_deprecated_demo.__doc__.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(short_expected_docstring, short_actual_docstring)