From 53da74742f4784efbc59d4de8a237f06057984b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arnaudon <alexis.arnaudon@epfl.ch>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:05:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Make local_dir None by default

---
 dask_mpi/core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dask_mpi/core.py b/dask_mpi/core.py
index 05a0d39..e133a42 100644
--- a/dask_mpi/core.py
+++ b/dask_mpi/core.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 def initialize(
     interface=None,
     nthreads=1,
-    local_directory="",
+    local_directory=None,
     memory_limit="auto",
     nanny=False,
     dashboard=True,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def initialize(
         Network interface like 'eth0' or 'ib0'
     nthreads : int
         Number of threads per worker
-    local_directory : str
+    local_directory : str or None
         Directory to place worker files
     memory_limit : int, float, or 'auto'
         Number of bytes before spilling data to disk.  This can be an