enable brainpy object as pytree

brainpy/_src/math/defaults.py

@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@
 # '''Default complex data type.'''
 complex_ = jnp.complex128 if config.read('jax_enable_x64') else jnp.complex64
 
+# register brainpy object as pytree
+bp_object_as_pytree = False
+

brainpy/_src/math/environment.py

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def __init__(
       float_: type = None,
       int_: type = None,
       bool_: type = None,
+      bp_object_as_pytree: bool = None,
   ) -> None:
     super().__init__()
 
@@ -201,6 +202,10 @@ def __init__(
       assert isinstance(complex_, type), '"complex_" must a type.'
       self.old_complex = get_complex()
 
+    if bp_object_as_pytree is not None:
+      assert isinstance(bp_object_as_pytree, bool), '"bp_object_as_pytree" must be a bool.'
+      self.old_bp_object_as_pytree = defaults.bp_object_as_pytree
+
     self.dt = dt
     self.mode = mode
     self.membrane_scaling = membrane_scaling
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ def __init__(
     self.float_ = float_
     self.int_ = int_
     self.bool_ = bool_
+    self.bp_object_as_pytree = bp_object_as_pytree
 
   def __enter__(self) -> 'environment':
     if self.dt is not None: set_dt(self.dt)
@@ -219,6 +225,7 @@ def __enter__(self) -> 'environment':
     if self.int_ is not None: set_int(self.int_)
     if self.complex_ is not None: set_complex(self.complex_)
     if self.bool_ is not None: set_bool(self.bool_)
+    if self.bp_object_as_pytree is not None: defaults.__dict__['bp_object_as_pytree'] = self.bp_object_as_pytree
     return self
 
   def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
@@ -230,6 +237,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
     if self.float_ is not None:  set_float(self.old_float)
     if self.complex_ is not None:  set_complex(self.old_complex)
     if self.bool_ is not None:  set_bool(self.old_bool)
+    if self.bp_object_as_pytree is not None: defaults.__dict__['bp_object_as_pytree'] = self.old_bp_object_as_pytree
 
   def clone(self):
     return self.__class__(dt=self.dt,
@@ -239,7 +247,8 @@ def clone(self):
                           bool_=self.bool_,
                           complex_=self.complex_,
                           float_=self.float_,
-                          int_=self.int_)
+                          int_=self.int_,
+                          bp_object_as_pytree=self.bp_object_as_pytree)
 
   def __eq__(self, other):
     return id(self) == id(other)
@@ -267,6 +276,7 @@ def __init__(
       bool_: type = None,
       batch_size: int = 1,
       membrane_scaling: scales.Scaling = None,
+      bp_object_as_pytree: bool = None,
   ):
     super().__init__(dt=dt,
                      x64=x64,
@@ -275,7 +285,8 @@ def __init__(
                      int_=int_,
                      bool_=bool_,
                      membrane_scaling=membrane_scaling,
-                     mode=modes.TrainingMode(batch_size))
+                     mode=modes.TrainingMode(batch_size),
+                     bp_object_as_pytree=bp_object_as_pytree)
 
 
 class batching_environment(environment):
@@ -301,6 +312,7 @@ def __init__(
       bool_: type = None,
       batch_size: int = 1,
       membrane_scaling: scales.Scaling = None,
+      bp_object_as_pytree: bool = None,
   ):
     super().__init__(dt=dt,
                      x64=x64,
@@ -309,7 +321,8 @@ def __init__(
                      int_=int_,
                      bool_=bool_,
                      mode=modes.BatchingMode(batch_size),
-                     membrane_scaling=membrane_scaling)
+                     membrane_scaling=membrane_scaling,
+                     bp_object_as_pytree=bp_object_as_pytree)
 
 
 def set(
@@ -321,6 +334,7 @@ def set(
     float_: type = None,
     int_: type = None,
     bool_: type = None,
+    bp_object_as_pytree: bool = None,
 ):
   """Set the default computation environment.
 
@@ -342,6 +356,8 @@ def set(
     The integer data type.
   bool_
     The bool data type.
+  bp_object_as_pytree: bool
+    Whether to register brainpy object as pytree.
   """
   if dt is not None:
     assert isinstance(dt, float), '"dt" must a float.'
@@ -375,6 +391,9 @@ def set(
     assert isinstance(complex_, type), '"complex_" must a type.'
     set_complex(complex_)
 
+  if bp_object_as_pytree is not None:
+    defaults.__dict__['bp_object_as_pytree'] = bp_object_as_pytree
+
 
 set_environment = set
 

brainpy/_src/math/object_transform/base.py

@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@
 """
 
 import numbers
-import os
 import warnings
 from collections import namedtuple
 from typing import Any, Tuple, Callable, Sequence, Dict, Union, Optional
 
 import jax
 import numpy as np
+from jax._src.tree_util import _registry
+from jax.tree_util import register_pytree_node_class
 
-from brainpy import errors
+from brainpy._src.math.modes import Mode
 from brainpy._src.math.ndarray import (Array, )
 from brainpy._src.math.object_transform.collectors import (ArrayCollector, Collector)
 from brainpy._src.math.object_transform.naming import (get_unique_name,
                                                        check_name_uniqueness)
 from brainpy._src.math.object_transform.variables import (Variable, VariableView, TrainVar,
                                                           VarList, VarDict)
-from brainpy._src.math.modes import Mode
 from brainpy._src.math.sharding import BATCH_AXIS
+from brainpy._src.math import defaults
 
 variable_ = None
 StateLoadResult = namedtuple('StateLoadResult', ['missing_keys', 'unexpected_keys'])
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ class BrainPyObject(object):
   def __init__(self, name=None):
     super().__init__()
 
+    if defaults.bp_object_as_pytree:
+      if self.__class__ not in _registry:
+        register_pytree_node_class(self.__class__)
+
     # check whether the object has a unique name.
     self._name = None
     self._name = self.unique_name(name=name)
@@ -217,8 +222,8 @@ def tree_flatten(self):
     static_names = []
     static_values = []
     for k, v in self.__dict__.items():
-      # if isinstance(v, (BrainPyObject, Variable, NodeList, NodeDict, VarList, VarDict)):
-      if isinstance(v, (BrainPyObject, Variable)):
+      if isinstance(v, (BrainPyObject, Variable, NodeList, NodeDict, VarList, VarDict)):
+      # if isinstance(v, (BrainPyObject, Variable)):
         dynamic_names.append(k)
         dynamic_values.append(v)
       else:

brainpy/_src/math/object_transform/tests/test_base.py

@@ -231,3 +231,22 @@ def f1():
     self.assertTrue(obj.vs['b'] == 12.)
     self.assertTrue(bm.allclose(obj.vs['c'], bm.ones(10) * 11.))
 
+
+class TestRegisterBPObjectAsPyTree(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test1(self):
+    bm.set(bp_object_as_pytree=True)
+
+    hh = bp.dyn.HH(1)
+    hh.reset()
+
+    tree = jax.tree_structure(hh)
+    leaves = jax.tree_leaves(hh)
+
+    print(tree)
+    print(leaves)
+    print(jax.tree_unflatten(tree, leaves))
+    print()
+
+
+
+