jnp.ndarray.view: implement all dtypes

jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py

@@ -4978,47 +4978,47 @@ def _view(arr: Array, dtype: DTypeLike = None, type: None = None) -> Array:
 
   This is fuller-featured wrapper around :func:`jax.lax.bitcast_convert_type`.
   """
-  lax_internal._check_user_dtype_supported(dtype, "view")
   if type is not None:
-    raise NotImplementedError("`type` argument of array.view()")
-  if dtype is None:
-    return arr
-  arr_dtype = _dtype(arr)
-  if arr_dtype == dtype:
-    return arr
-  # bool is implemented as lax:PRED, which is not compatible with lax.bitcast_convert_type.
-  # We work around this by casting bool to uint8.
-  if arr_dtype == bool_:
-    arr = arr.astype(uint8)
-  nbits_in = 8 * arr_dtype.itemsize
-  nbits_out = 8 * np.dtype(dtype).itemsize
-  if nbits_in == nbits_out:
-    if dtype == bool_:
-      return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, uint8).astype(dtype)
-    return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, dtype)
-  if nbits_out > nbits_in and (shape(arr)[-1] * nbits_in) % nbits_out != 0:
+    raise NotImplementedError("`type` argument of array.view() is not supported.")
+
+  _check_arraylike("view", arr)
+  arr = asarray(arr)
+
+  lax_internal._check_user_dtype_supported(dtype, "view")
+  dtype = dtypes.canonicalize_dtype(dtype)
+
+  if (arr.shape[-1] * arr.dtype.itemsize) % dtype.itemsize != 0:
     raise ValueError("When changing to a larger dtype, its size must be a divisor "
                      "of the total size in bytes of the last axis of the array.")
-  byte_dtypes: Dict[int, DType] = {8: np.dtype('uint8'), 16: np.dtype('uint16'),
-                                   32: np.dtype('uint32'), 64: np.dtype('uint64')}
-  if nbits_in not in byte_dtypes:
-    raise NotImplementedError(f"arr.view() for arr.dtype={arr_dtype}")
-  if nbits_out not in byte_dtypes:
-    raise NotImplementedError(f"arr.view(dtype) for {dtype=}")
-  dt_in = byte_dtypes[nbits_in]
-  dt_out = byte_dtypes[nbits_out]
-  arr_bytes = lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, dt_in)
-  if nbits_in < nbits_out:
-    arr_bytes = arr_bytes.reshape(arr.shape[:-1] + (-1, nbits_out // nbits_in)).astype(dt_out)
-    shifts = expand_dims(arange(0, nbits_out, nbits_in, dtype=dt_out), tuple(range(arr_bytes.ndim - 1)))
-    arr_bytes = (arr_bytes << shifts).sum(-1).astype(dt_out)
+
+  if arr.dtype == dtype:
+    return arr
+
+  if arr.dtype == bool:
+    return _view(arr.astype('uint8'), dtype)
+
+  if issubdtype(arr.dtype, complexfloating):
+    new_shape = (*arr.shape[:-1], arr.shape[-1] * 2)
+    new_dtype = finfo(arr.dtype).dtype
+    arr = zeros(new_shape, new_dtype).at[..., 0::2].set(arr.real).at[..., 1::2].set(arr.imag)
+    return _view(arr, dtype)
+
+  if dtype == bool:
+    return _view(arr, uint8).astype(bool)
+
+  if issubdtype(dtype, complexfloating):
+    out = _view(arr, finfo(dtype).dtype).astype(dtype)
+    return out[..., 0::2] + 1j * out[..., 1::2]
+
+  if arr.dtype.itemsize == dtype.itemsize:
+    return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, dtype)
+  elif arr.dtype.itemsize < dtype.itemsize:
+    factor = dtype.itemsize // arr.dtype.itemsize
+    arr = arr.reshape(*arr.shape[:-1], arr.shape[-1] // factor, factor)
+    return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, dtype)
   else:
-    shifts = lax.expand_dims(arange(0, nbits_in, nbits_out, dtype=dt_in), tuple(range(arr_bytes.ndim)))
-    arr_bytes = ((arr_bytes[..., newaxis] >> shifts) & iinfo(dt_out).max).astype(dt_out)
-    arr_bytes = arr_bytes.reshape(arr_bytes.shape[:-2] + (-1,))
-  if dtype == bool_:
-    return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr_bytes, uint8).astype(dtype)
-  return lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr_bytes, dtype)
+    out = lax.bitcast_convert_type(arr, dtype)
+    return out.reshape(*out.shape[:-2], out.shape[-2] * out.shape[-1])
 
 def _notimplemented_flat(self):
   raise NotImplementedError("JAX DeviceArrays do not implement the arr.flat property: "

tests/lax_numpy_test.py

@@ -3430,17 +3430,15 @@ def testItemsize(self, shape, dtype):
     self._CompileAndCheck(jnp_op, args_maker)
 
   @jtu.sample_product(
-    shape=[(8,), (3, 8)],  # last dim = 8 to ensure shape compatibility
-    a_dtype=default_dtypes + unsigned_dtypes + bool_dtypes,
-    dtype=default_dtypes + unsigned_dtypes + bool_dtypes,
+    # Final dimension of shape must be a multiple of 16 to ensure compatibilty.
+    shape=[(0,), (32,), (2, 16)],
+    a_dtype=all_dtypes,
+    dtype=[*all_dtypes, *([None] if config.x64_enabled else [])],
   )
   def testView(self, shape, a_dtype, dtype):
     if jtu.device_under_test() == 'tpu':
       if jnp.dtype(a_dtype).itemsize in [1, 2] or jnp.dtype(dtype).itemsize in [1, 2]:
         self.skipTest("arr.view() not supported on TPU for 8- or 16-bit types.")
-    if not config.x64_enabled:
-      if jnp.dtype(a_dtype).itemsize == 8 or jnp.dtype(dtype).itemsize == 8:
-        self.skipTest("x64 types are disabled by jax_enable_x64")
     rng = jtu.rand_fullrange(self.rng())
     args_maker = lambda: [rng(shape, a_dtype)]
     np_op = lambda x: np.asarray(x).view(dtype)