Merge pull request #10688 from sharadmv:color-by-default

PiperOrigin-RevId: 448723842

jax/_src/config.py

@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def update_thread_local_jit_state(**kw):
 
 flags.DEFINE_bool(
     'jax_pprint_use_color',
-    bool_env('JAX_PPRINT_USE_COLOR', False),
+    bool_env('JAX_PPRINT_USE_COLOR', True),
     help='Enable jaxpr pretty-printing with colorful syntax highlighting.'
 )
 

jax/_src/pretty_printer.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import abc
 import enum
+import sys
 from functools import partial
 from typing import List, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 from jax.config import config
@@ -36,13 +37,31 @@
 except ImportError:
   colorama = None
 
+def _can_use_color() -> bool:
+  try:
+    # Check if we're in IPython or Colab
+    ipython = get_ipython()  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+    shell = ipython.__class__.__name__
+    if shell == "ZMQInteractiveShell":
+      # Jupyter Notebook
+      return True
+    elif "colab" in str(ipython.__class__):
+      # Google Colab (external or internal)
+      return True
+  except NameError:
+    pass
+  # Otherwise check if we're in a terminal
+  return sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+CAN_USE_COLOR = _can_use_color()
 
 class Doc(abc.ABC):
   __slots__ = ()
 
-  def format(self, width: int = 80, use_color: bool = False,
+  def format(self, width: int = 80, use_color: Optional[bool] = None,
              annotation_prefix=" # ") -> str:
-    use_color = use_color or config.FLAGS.jax_pprint_use_color
+    if use_color is None:
+      use_color = CAN_USE_COLOR and config.FLAGS.jax_pprint_use_color
     return _format(self, width, use_color=use_color,
                    annotation_prefix=annotation_prefix)