test documentation docstrings

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
           set -xe
           pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
           pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-      - name: Build documentation
+      - name: Test examples and docstrings
         run: |
           set -xe
           python -VV
-          cd docs && make clean && make html
+          make doctest

docs/Makefile

@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line, and also
 # from the environment for the first two.
-SPHINXOPTS    ?=
 SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
 BUILDDIR      = _build
+SPHINXOPTS    = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees -T
 
 # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-.PHONY: help Makefile
+.PHONY: help Makefile doctest
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf _autosummary/
 
 html-noplot:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -D plot_gallery=0 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=off -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -D plot_gallery=0 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=off -b html $(SPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
+
+doctest:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(SPHINXOPTS) . $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
+	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
+	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."

docs/conf.py

@@ -50,13 +50,14 @@
     'sphinx.ext.napoleon', # napoleon on top of autodoc: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66930447 might correct some warnings
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
+    'sphinx.ext.doctest',
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
     'matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive',
     'sphinx_autodoc_typehints',
     'myst_nb',
-    "sphinx_remove_toctrees",
+    'sphinx_remove_toctrees',
     'sphinx_rtd_theme',
     'sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery',
     'sphinx_copybutton',
@@ -70,7 +71,12 @@
      "backreferences_dir": os.path.join("modules", "generated"),
 }
 
+# Specify how to identify the prompt when copying code snippets
+copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. "
+copybutton_prompt_is_regexp = True
+copybutton_exclude = "style"
 
+trim_doctests_flags = True
 source_suffix = ['.rst', '.ipynb', '.md']
 
 autosummary_generate = True

docs/non_smooth.rst

@@ -40,17 +40,23 @@ which corresponds to the choice :math:`g(w, \text{l1reg}) = \text{l1reg} \cdot |
 corresponding ``prox`` operator is :func:`prox_lasso <jaxopt.prox.prox_lasso>`.
 We can therefore write::
 
-  from jaxopt import ProximalGradient
-  from jaxopt.prox import prox_lasso
+.. doctest::
+  >>> import jax.numpy as jnp
+  >>> from jaxopt import ProximalGradient
+  >>> from jaxopt.prox import prox_lasso
+  >>> from sklearn import datasets
+  >>> X, y = datasets.make_regression()
 
-  def least_squares(w, data):
-    X, y = data
-    residuals = jnp.dot(X, w) - y
-    return jnp.mean(residuals ** 2)
+  >>> def least_squares(w, data):
+  ...  inputs, targets = data
+  ...  residuals = jnp.dot(inputs, w) - targets
+  ...  return jnp.mean(residuals ** 2)
+
+  >>> l1reg = 1.0
+  >>> w_init = jnp.zeros(n_features)
+  >>> pg = ProximalGradient(fun=least_squares, prox=prox_lasso)
+  >>> pg_sol = pg.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
 
-  l1reg = 1.0
-  pg = ProximalGradient(fun=least_squares, prox=prox_lasso)
-  pg_sol = pg.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
 
 Note that :func:`prox_lasso <jaxopt.prox.prox_lasso>` has a hyperparameter
 ``l1reg``, which controls the :math:`L_1` regularization strength.  As shown
@@ -65,13 +71,15 @@ Differentiation
 
 In some applications, it is useful to differentiate the solution of the solver
 with respect to some hyperparameters.  Continuing the previous example, we can
-now differentiate the solution w.r.t. ``l1reg``::
+now differentiate the solution w.r.t. ``l1reg``:
+
 
-  def solution(l1reg):
-    pg = ProximalGradient(fun=least_squares, prox=prox_lasso, implicit_diff=True)
-    return pg.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
+.. doctest::
+  >>> def solution(l1reg):
+  ...  pg = ProximalGradient(fun=least_squares, prox=prox_lasso, implicit_diff=True)
+  ...  return pg.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
 
-  print(jax.jacobian(solution)(l1reg))
+  >>> print(jax.jacobian(solution)(l1reg))
 
 Under the hood, we use the implicit function theorem if ``implicit_diff=True``
 and autodiff of unrolled iterations if ``implicit_diff=False``.  See the
@@ -95,15 +103,16 @@ Block coordinate descent
 Contrary to other solvers, :class:`jaxopt.BlockCoordinateDescent` only works with
 :ref:`composite linear objective functions <composite_linear_functions>`.
 
-Example::
+Example:
 
-  from jaxopt import objective
-  from jaxopt import prox
+.. doctest::
+  >>> from jaxopt import objective
+  >>> from jaxopt import prox
 
-  l1reg = 1.0
-  w_init = jnp.zeros(n_features)
-  bcd = BlockCoordinateDescent(fun=objective.least_squares, block_prox=prox.prox_lasso)
-  lasso_sol = bcd.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
+  >>> l1reg = 1.0
+  >>> w_init = jnp.zeros(n_features)
+  >>> bcd = BlockCoordinateDescent(fun=objective.least_squares, block_prox=prox.prox_lasso)
+  >>> lasso_sol = bcd.run(w_init, hyperparams_prox=l1reg, data=(X, y)).params
 
 .. topic:: Examples