feat: add from_* style constructor classmethods to StridedMemoryView and deprecate __init__ constructor

cuda_core/cuda/core/experimental/_memoryview.pyx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from ._dlpack cimport *
 
 import functools
+import warnings
 from typing import Optional
 
 import numpy
@@ -78,30 +79,72 @@ cdef class StridedMemoryView:
         bint readonly
         object exporting_obj
 
-    # If using dlpack, this is a strong reference to the result of
-    # obj.__dlpack__() so we can lazily create shape and strides from
-    # it later.  If using CAI, this is a reference to the source
-    # `__cuda_array_interface__` object.
-    cdef object metadata
-
-    # The tensor object if has obj has __dlpack__, otherwise must be NULL
-    cdef DLTensor *dl_tensor
-
-    # Memoized properties
-    cdef tuple _shape
-    cdef tuple _strides
-    cdef bint _strides_init  # Has the strides tuple been init'ed?
-    cdef object _dtype
-
-    def __init__(self, obj=None, stream_ptr=None):
+    cdef:
+        # If using dlpack, this is a strong reference to the result of
+        # obj.__dlpack__() so we can lazily create shape and strides from
+        # it later.  If using CAI, this is a reference to the source
+        # `__cuda_array_interface__` object.
+        object metadata
+
+        # The tensor object if has obj has __dlpack__, otherwise must be NULL
+        DLTensor *dl_tensor
+
+        # Memoized properties
+        tuple _shape
+        tuple _strides
+        # a `None` value for _strides has defined meaning in dlpack and
+        # the cuda array interface, meaning C order, contiguous.
+        #
+        # this flag helps prevent unnecessary recompuation of _strides
+        bint _strides_init
+        object _dtype
+
+    def __init__(self, obj: object = None, stream_ptr: int | None = None) -> None:
+        cdef str clsname = self.__class__.__name__
         if obj is not None:
             # populate self's attributes
             if check_has_dlpack(obj):
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Constructing a {clsname} directly from a DLPack-supporting object is deprecated; "
+                    "Use `StridedMemoryView.from_dlpack` or `StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface` instead."
+                )
                 view_as_dlpack(obj, stream_ptr, self)
             else:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Constructing a {clsname} directly from a CUDA-array-interface-supporting object is deprecated; "
+                    "Use `StridedMemoryView.from_cuda_array_interface` or `StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface` instead."
+                )
                 view_as_cai(obj, stream_ptr, self)
         else:
-            pass
+            warnings.warn(
+                f"Constructing an empty {clsname} is deprecated; "
+                "use one of the classmethods `from_dlpack`, `from_cuda_array_interface` or `from_any_interface` "
+                "to construct a StridedMemoryView from an object"
+            )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dlpack(cls, obj: object, stream_ptr: int | None=None) -> StridedMemoryView:
+        cdef StridedMemoryView buf
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+            buf = cls()
+        view_as_dlpack(obj, stream_ptr, buf)
+        return buf
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_cuda_array_interface(cls, obj: object, stream_ptr: int | None=None) -> StridedMemoryView:
+        cdef StridedMemoryView buf
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+            buf = cls()
+        view_as_cai(obj, stream_ptr, buf)
+        return buf
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_any_interface(cls, obj: object, stream_ptr: int | None = None) -> StridedMemoryView:
+        if check_has_dlpack(obj):
+            return cls.from_dlpack(obj, stream_ptr)
+        return cls.from_cuda_array_interface(obj, stream_ptr)
 
     def __dealloc__(self):
         if self.dl_tensor == NULL:
@@ -121,7 +164,7 @@ cdef class StridedMemoryView:
             dlm_tensor.deleter(dlm_tensor)
 
     @property
-    def shape(self) -> tuple[int]:
+    def shape(self) -> tuple[int, ...]:
         if self._shape is None:
             if self.exporting_obj is not None:
                 if self.dl_tensor != NULL:
@@ -136,7 +179,7 @@ cdef class StridedMemoryView:
         return self._shape
 
     @property
-    def strides(self) -> Optional[tuple[int]]:
+    def strides(self) -> Optional[tuple[int, ...]]:
         cdef int itemsize
         if self._strides_init is False:
             if self.exporting_obj is not None:
@@ -193,6 +236,7 @@ cdef str get_simple_repr(obj):
     return obj_repr
 
 
+
 cdef bint check_has_dlpack(obj) except*:
     cdef bint has_dlpack
     if hasattr(obj, "__dlpack__") and hasattr(obj, "__dlpack_device__"):
@@ -206,8 +250,7 @@ cdef bint check_has_dlpack(obj) except*:
 
 
 cdef class _StridedMemoryViewProxy:
-
-    cdef:
+    cdef readonly:
         object obj
         bint has_dlpack
 
@@ -217,9 +260,9 @@ cdef class _StridedMemoryViewProxy:
 
     cpdef StridedMemoryView view(self, stream_ptr=None):
         if self.has_dlpack:
-            return view_as_dlpack(self.obj, stream_ptr)
+            return StridedMemoryView.from_dlpack(self.obj, stream_ptr)
         else:
-            return view_as_cai(self.obj, stream_ptr)
+            return StridedMemoryView.from_cuda_array_interface(self.obj, stream_ptr)
 
 
 cdef StridedMemoryView view_as_dlpack(obj, stream_ptr, view=None):
@@ -354,7 +397,6 @@ cdef object dtype_dlpack_to_numpy(DLDataType* dtype):
     return numpy.dtype(np_dtype)
 
 
-# Also generate for Python so we can test this code path
 cpdef StridedMemoryView view_as_cai(obj, stream_ptr, view=None):
     cdef dict cai_data = obj.__cuda_array_interface__
     if cai_data["version"] < 3:

cuda_core/tests/test_memory.py

@@ -628,15 +628,15 @@ def test_strided_memory_view_leak():
     arr = np.zeros(1048576, dtype=np.uint8)
     before = sys.getrefcount(arr)
     for idx in range(10):
-        StridedMemoryView(arr, stream_ptr=-1)
+        StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface(arr, stream_ptr=-1)
     after = sys.getrefcount(arr)
     assert before == after
 
 
 def test_strided_memory_view_refcnt():
     # Use Fortran ordering so strides is used
     a = np.zeros((64, 4), dtype=np.uint8, order="F")
-    av = StridedMemoryView(a, stream_ptr=-1)
+    av = StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface(a, stream_ptr=-1)
     # segfaults if refcnt is wrong
     assert av.shape[0] == 64
     assert sys.getrefcount(av.shape) >= 2

cuda_core/tests/test_utils.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from cuda.core.experimental import Device
-from cuda.core.experimental._memoryview import view_as_cai
 from cuda.core.experimental.utils import StridedMemoryView, args_viewable_as_strided_memory
 
 
@@ -78,7 +77,13 @@ def my_func(arr):
 
     def test_strided_memory_view_cpu(self, in_arr):
         # stream_ptr=-1 means "the consumer does not care"
-        view = StridedMemoryView(in_arr, stream_ptr=-1)
+        view = StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface(in_arr, stream_ptr=-1)
+        self._check_view(view, in_arr)
+
+    def test_strided_memory_view_cpu_init(self, in_arr):
+        # stream_ptr=-1 means "the consumer does not care"
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="deprecated"):
+            view = StridedMemoryView(in_arr, stream_ptr=-1)
         self._check_view(view, in_arr)
 
     def _check_view(self, view, in_arr):
@@ -147,7 +152,18 @@ def test_strided_memory_view_cpu(self, in_arr, use_stream):
         # This is the consumer stream
         s = dev.create_stream() if use_stream else None
 
-        view = StridedMemoryView(in_arr, stream_ptr=s.handle if s else -1)
+        view = StridedMemoryView.from_any_interface(in_arr, stream_ptr=s.handle if s else -1)
+        self._check_view(view, in_arr, dev)
+
+    def test_strided_memory_view_init(self, in_arr, use_stream):
+        # TODO: use the device fixture?
+        dev = Device()
+        dev.set_current()
+        # This is the consumer stream
+        s = dev.create_stream() if use_stream else None
+
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="deprecated"):
+            view = StridedMemoryView(in_arr, stream_ptr=s.handle if s else -1)
         self._check_view(view, in_arr, dev)
 
     def _check_view(self, view, in_arr, dev):
@@ -179,7 +195,7 @@ def test_cuda_array_interface_gpu(self, in_arr, use_stream):
         # The usual path in `StridedMemoryView` prefers the DLPack interface
         # over __cuda_array_interface__, so we call `view_as_cai` directly
         # here so we can test the CAI code path.
-        view = view_as_cai(in_arr, stream_ptr=s.handle if s else -1)
+        view = StridedMemoryView.from_cuda_array_interface(in_arr, stream_ptr=s.handle if s else -1)
         self._check_view(view, in_arr, dev)
 
     def _check_view(self, view, in_arr, dev):