Deprecate get_feature_names in favor of get_feature_names_out - #8480
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Adds a new validation check `check_input_features` for validating the `input_features` arg to the common `get_feature_names_out` methods.
Deprecates all existing implementations of `get_feature_names` in favor of `get_feature_names_out` implementations. Also aligns the implementation in all cases with the expected behavior of modern sklearn.
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WalkthroughThe pull request migrates transformer and vectorizer feature-name APIs to ChangesFeature-name API migration
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change updates public feature-name APIs across encoders, column transformers, and vectorizers, but the current head still has failure paths for valid selector inputs, dropped-category encoders, estimators without n_features_in_, and pre-fit or custom-vocabulary vectorizers. These can raise errors or produce invalid names for supported use cases, so the PR is not merge-ready until the affected paths are fixed or explicitly accepted. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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python/cuml/cuml/_thirdparty/sklearn/preprocessing/_data.py (1)
1622-1622: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd
strict=Trueto bothzip()calls. The project requires Python 3.11 or newer, and both iterable pairs have equal lengths.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cuml/cuml/_thirdparty/sklearn/preprocessing/_column_transformer.py`:
- Around line 783-793: Update the column-selector normalization around the
isinstance(col, slice/int/str/list) branches so boolean array-like selectors are
converted to the corresponding entries in input_features before delegation.
Handle both NumPy boolean arrays and Python boolean lists, ensuring inputs is
always assigned and avoiding boolean values being used as integer indices. Add a
parity test covering boolean-mask selectors.
In `@python/cuml/cuml/feature_extraction/_vectorizers.py`:
- Around line 756-769: Update get_feature_names_out to validate fitted
vocabulary state: use self.vocabulary when vocabulary_ is absent but a
constructor vocabulary is configured, otherwise raise NotFittedError rather than
allowing AttributeError. Add pre-fit coverage in
python/cuml/tests/test_text_feature_extraction.py lines 418-432 for both an
unconfigured vectorizer and one initialized with constructor vocabulary.
In `@python/cuml/cuml/internals/mixins.py`:
- Around line 32-36: Update the FutureWarning emitted by the deprecated
get_feature_names method to include stacklevel=2, so it points to the caller’s
deprecated API invocation rather than mixins.py.
In `@python/cuml/cuml/internals/validation.py`:
- Around line 370-381: Update check_input_features to retrieve n_features_in_
via getattr, skip explicit feature-name length validation when it is absent, and
raise ValueError instead of AttributeError when generated names cannot be
determined; preserve validation when the count exists. Add tests in
python/cuml/tests/test_validation.py covering explicit names with matching
feature_names_in_ and missing n_features_in_, plus generated names without a
feature count.
In `@python/cuml/cuml/preprocessing/encoders.py`:
- Around line 506-510: Update the feature-name generation loop to iterate over
self._features alongside self.categories_, and retrieve each drop index from
self.drop_idx_ using the feature key rather than positional index i. Preserve
existing behavior when drop_idx_ is None, and add coverage for named input
columns with drop="first".
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In `@python/cuml/cuml/_thirdparty/sklearn/preprocessing/_data.py`:
- Line 1622: Update both zip calls in the affected preprocessing implementation
and test_one_hot_encoder.py to pass strict=True, preserving the existing
iterable pairs and loop behavior.
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python/cuml/tests/test_one_hot_encoder.py (1)
382-389: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAssert the required
objectdtype.
np.array_equal()verifies values and shape, but it does not enforceres.dtype == object. The test can pass for a fixed-width Unicode array, although this PR requires a NumPy array of strings with object dtype. Add an explicit dtype assertion for both output paths.Proposed test assertions
assert np.array_equal(res, sol) + assert isinstance(res, np.ndarray) + assert res.dtype == object ... assert np.array_equal(res, sol) + assert isinstance(res, np.ndarray) + assert res.dtype == object🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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python/cuml/tests/test_one_hot_encoder.py (1)
373-389: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winRestore non-pandas input coverage.
This test now constructs only
pandas.DataFrameinputs. The change details show that the previous array/cuDF coverage was removed. Keep equivalent NumPy and cuDF cases, or verify that other tests cover both paths. The repository guidelines require coverage for cuDF, pandas, and NumPy inputs.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cuml/tests/test_one_hot_encoder.py`:
- Line 377: Update the DataFrame fixture construction in the test setup to call
zip with strict=True, ensuring mismatched names and columns lengths fail
immediately while preserving the existing X construction.
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In `@python/cuml/tests/test_one_hot_encoder.py`:
- Around line 382-389: Update the assertions in the test around
cu_model.get_feature_names_out so both output paths explicitly validate that res
has NumPy object dtype, in addition to the existing value and shape comparisons
with the sklearn results.
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In `@python/cuml/tests/test_one_hot_encoder.py`:
- Around line 373-389: Expand test_onehot_get_feature_names_out to cover the
existing named and unnamed input scenarios with pandas, NumPy arrays, and cuDF
data, preserving the cuML-versus-sklearn feature-name comparisons and ensuring
each input type is exercised.
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| for i, (col, cats) in enumerate(zip(input_features, self.categories_)): | ||
| # TODO: when `drop_idx_` is actually implemented properly, this can | ||
| # be simplified to | ||
| # drop_idx = None if self.drop_idx_ is None else self.drop_idx_[i] |
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This TODO is already handled in the follow-up PR I'm finishing up, so it's not long for this world.
| Transformed feature names. | ||
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| return self.vocabulary_ | ||
| # TODO: use `check_is_fitted` once this class subclasses from `Base` |
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This TODO will also be handled shortly in a followup.
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Thanks! LGTM. Just some minor concerns.
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check_input_featuresfor validating theinput_featuresparameter to sklearn's standardget_feature_names_outmethods.get_feature_namesmethods in favor of the modern standardget_feature_names_outmethod. Pre-sklearn-1.0 the method was calledget_feature_namesand should have returned a list of string names. Post sklearn 1.0 the method was calledget_feature_names_outand should return a numpy array of strings with object dtype.This was motivated by a rewrite I have of
OneHotEncoder(which happens to implementget_feature_names). I peeled this change off from the PR, but afterward found issue #5159. This fixes #5159.Note that no method in
cumlorsklearnwill end up callingget_feature_namesorget_feature_names_outcurrently. This method is primarily used for sklearn'sset_outputfeature, which cuml doesn't currently support. Most of our estimators don't implementget_feature_names_out(yet). I have plans to wire this up later, but for now I don't expect any user is actually calling these methods, they're most likely baggage from direct sklearn ports done years ago.Given this deprecates methods, I'm marking this as a breaking change.