i.e., this should work and not error:
>>> zarr.create_array(store={}, shape=(10,), chunks=(-1,), dtype='uint8')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-4>", line 1, in <module>
zarr.create_array(store={}, shape=(10,), chunks=(-1,), dtype='uint8')
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/api/synchronous.py", line 963, in create_array
sync(
~~~~^
zarr.core.array.create_array(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<20 lines>...
)
^
)
^
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/sync.py", line 159, in sync
raise return_result
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/sync.py", line 119, in _runner
return await coro
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/array.py", line 4907, in create_array
return await init_array(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<16 lines>...
)
^
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/array.py", line 4721, in init_array
meta = AsyncArray._create_metadata_v3(
shape=shape_parsed,
...<6 lines>...
attributes=attributes,
)
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/array.py", line 777, in _create_metadata_v3
chunk_grid_parsed = RegularChunkGrid(chunk_shape=chunk_shape)
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/chunk_grids.py", line 185, in __init__
chunk_shape_parsed = parse_shapelike(chunk_shape)
File "/Users/d-v-b/.cache/uv/archive-v0/G_mP5ruACDuVYUYdeRssH/lib/python3.13/site-packages/zarr/core/common.py", line 207, in parse_shapelike
raise ValueError(msg)
ValueError: Expected all values to be non-negative. Got (-1,) instead.
i.e., this should work and not error: