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nshconfig

Typed, provenance-aware configuration for ML runs, powered by Pydantic.

Documentation

One verb family and one value:

  • Cls.config_draft() gives a mutable draft: plain Python assignment, nested configs auto-create, validation deferred.
  • C.interp(lambda c: ...) is a value that resolves against the config tree at validation. It is legal anywhere a value sits: assigned on a draft, inside a model_validate dict, or as a class default. This is Hydra-style interpolation, in Python, mostly type-checked.
  • draft.config_finalize() resolves interpolation, validates once, and returns a frozen, hashable, fully-concrete config.

Plus provenance: final.config_explain("optim.lr") answers "why did this run use that value?" down to file, line, function, source text, and the interpolation's "because" chain.

Install

pip install nshconfig            # pydantic>=2.13, Python>=3.10
pip install nshconfig[treescope] # optional rich notebook rendering

Quickstart

import nshconfig as C

class LNConfig(C.Config):
    dim: int = 32                  # plain default; leaf classes need no interpolation
    eps: float = 1e-5

class EncoderConfig(C.Config):
    ln: LNConfig

class HeadConfig(C.Config):
    # class-level interpolation: a value sitting in the default slot
    dim: int = C.interp(lambda c: c.nearest(ModelConfig).dim)

class ModelConfig(C.Config):
    dim: int = 768
    encoder: EncoderConfig
    head: HeadConfig

class TrainConfig(C.Config):
    batch: int = 8
    model: ModelConfig

# compose in a notebook; helpers are plain functions (your "config groups")
def large(cfg: TrainConfig) -> None:
    cfg.model.dim = 1024

cfg = TrainConfig.config_draft()
large(cfg)
# instance-level interpolation: wire THIS tree only, at composition time
cfg.model.encoder.ln.dim = C.interp(lambda c: c.nearest(ModelConfig).dim)

final = cfg.config_finalize()            # the one validation boundary
assert final.model.encoder.ln.dim == 1024   # followed the knob
assert final.model.head.dim == 1024         # class-default rule, same machinery
final.model_dump_json()                     # concrete values only: the run record

# why did this run use that value?
print(final.config_explain("model.head.dim"))
# model.head.dim = 1024
#   interpolated to 1024 by <lambda> @ configs.py:11 (class default)
#       because model.dim = 1024
#   class-default rule: interp(<<lambda> @ configs.py:11>)   (active)

Explicit always beats interpolation (presence in the input slot beats the default slot; last write wins; del re-arms). Nothing pending can reach a final, a dump, an f-string, or an if without a loud error naming the dotted path and the source line. Drafts cloudpickle to clusters mid-composition and finalize on the far side, provenance included.

The Ctx API (what the lambda sees)

Accessor Hydra equivalent Sees
c.self() / c.self(Cls) same level own fields, earlier markers already resolved
c.parent() / c.parent(Cls) ${..x} one level up, resolved
c.parent(n) / c.parent(n, Cls) ${...x} exactly n ancestor hops up
c.root() / c.root(Cls) ${a.b} the validation root, incl. sibling subtrees
c.nearest(Cls) (none: better) nearest enclosing Cls; survives restructuring

Passing a class gives typed field access and a runtime assertion. Omitting the class keeps the selector dynamic and performs no type assertion.

License

MIT

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