tokenize() should ignore difference between None and {} attrs (#8797)

xarray/core/dataarray.py

@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ def reset_coords(
         dataset[self.name] = self.variable
         return dataset
 
-    def __dask_tokenize__(self):
+    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> object:
         from dask.base import normalize_token
 
         return normalize_token((type(self), self._variable, self._coords, self._name))

xarray/core/dataset.py

@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ def __init__(
             data_vars, coords
         )
 
-        self._attrs = dict(attrs) if attrs is not None else None
+        self._attrs = dict(attrs) if attrs else None
         self._close = None
         self._encoding = None
         self._variables = variables
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ def attrs(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
 
     @attrs.setter
     def attrs(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
-        self._attrs = dict(value)
+        self._attrs = dict(value) if value else None
 
     @property
     def encoding(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
@@ -856,11 +856,11 @@ def load(self, **kwargs) -> Self:
 
         return self
 
-    def __dask_tokenize__(self):
+    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> object:
         from dask.base import normalize_token
 
         return normalize_token(
-            (type(self), self._variables, self._coord_names, self._attrs)
+            (type(self), self._variables, self._coord_names, self._attrs or None)
         )
 
     def __dask_graph__(self):

xarray/core/variable.py

@@ -2592,11 +2592,13 @@ def __init__(self, dims, data, attrs=None, encoding=None, fastpath=False):
         if not isinstance(self._data, PandasIndexingAdapter):
             self._data = PandasIndexingAdapter(self._data)
 
-    def __dask_tokenize__(self):
+    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> object:
         from dask.base import normalize_token
 
         # Don't waste time converting pd.Index to np.ndarray
-        return normalize_token((type(self), self._dims, self._data.array, self._attrs))
+        return normalize_token(
+            (type(self), self._dims, self._data.array, self._attrs or None)
+        )
 
     def load(self):
         # data is already loaded into memory for IndexVariable

xarray/namedarray/core.py

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ def attrs(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
 
     @attrs.setter
     def attrs(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
-        self._attrs = dict(value)
+        self._attrs = dict(value) if value else None
 
     def _check_shape(self, new_data: duckarray[Any, _DType_co]) -> None:
         if new_data.shape != self.shape:
@@ -570,13 +570,12 @@ def real(
             return real(self)
         return self._new(data=self._data.real)
 
-    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> Hashable:
+    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> object:
         # Use v.data, instead of v._data, in order to cope with the wrappers
         # around NetCDF and the like
         from dask.base import normalize_token
 
-        s, d, a, attrs = type(self), self._dims, self.data, self.attrs
-        return normalize_token((s, d, a, attrs))  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+        return normalize_token((type(self), self._dims, self.data, self._attrs or None))
 
     def __dask_graph__(self) -> Graph | None:
         if is_duck_dask_array(self._data):

xarray/namedarray/utils.py

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other: ReprObject | Any) -> bool:
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
         return hash((type(self), self._value))
 
-    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> Hashable:
+    def __dask_tokenize__(self) -> object:
         from dask.base import normalize_token
 
-        return normalize_token((type(self), self._value))  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+        return normalize_token((type(self), self._value))

xarray/tests/test_dask.py

@@ -299,17 +299,6 @@ def test_persist(self):
         self.assertLazyAndAllClose(u + 1, v)
         self.assertLazyAndAllClose(u + 1, v2)
 
-    def test_tokenize_empty_attrs(self) -> None:
-        # Issue #6970
-        assert self.eager_var._attrs is None
-        expected = dask.base.tokenize(self.eager_var)
-        assert self.eager_var.attrs == self.eager_var._attrs == {}
-        assert (
-            expected
-            == dask.base.tokenize(self.eager_var)
-            == dask.base.tokenize(self.lazy_var.compute())
-        )
-
     @requires_pint
     def test_tokenize_duck_dask_array(self):
         import pint
@@ -1573,6 +1562,30 @@ def test_token_identical(obj, transform):
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "obj",
+    [
+        make_ds(),  # Dataset
+        make_ds().variables["c2"],  # Variable
+        make_ds().variables["x"],  # IndexVariable
+    ],
+)
+def test_tokenize_empty_attrs(obj):
+    """Issues #6970 and #8788"""
+    obj.attrs = {}
+    assert obj._attrs is None
+    a = dask.base.tokenize(obj)
+
+    assert obj.attrs == {}
+    assert obj._attrs == {}  # attrs getter changed None to dict
+    b = dask.base.tokenize(obj)
+    assert a == b
+
+    obj2 = obj.copy()
+    c = dask.base.tokenize(obj2)
+    assert a == c
+
+
 def test_recursive_token():
     """Test that tokenization is invoked recursively, and doesn't just rely on the
     output of str()

xarray/tests/test_sparse.py

@@ -878,10 +878,6 @@ def test_dask_token():
     import dask
 
     s = sparse.COO.from_numpy(np.array([0, 0, 1, 2]))
-
-    # https://github.com/pydata/sparse/issues/300
-    s.__dask_tokenize__ = lambda: dask.base.normalize_token(s.__dict__)
-
     a = DataArray(s)
     t1 = dask.base.tokenize(a)
     t2 = dask.base.tokenize(a)