Improve do_recording_attributes_match impelmentation, errors, and tests

src/spikeinterface/core/recording_tools.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Literal
+from typing import Literal, Tuple
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
@@ -929,7 +929,9 @@ def get_rec_attributes(recording):
     return rec_attributes
 
 
-def do_recording_attributes_match(recording1, recording2_attributes) -> bool:
+def do_recording_attributes_match(
+    recording1: "BaseRecording", recording2_attributes: bool, check_is_filtered: bool = True, check_dtype: bool = True
+) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
     """
     Check if two recordings have the same attributes
 
@@ -939,22 +941,52 @@ def do_recording_attributes_match(recording1, recording2_attributes) -> bool:
         The first recording object
     recording2_attributes : dict
         The recording attributes to test against
+    check_is_filtered : bool, default: True
+        If True, check if the recordings are filtered
+    check_dtype : bool, default: True
+        If True, check if the recordings have the same dtype
 
     Returns
     -------
     bool
         True if the recordings have the same attributes
+    str
+        A string with the an exception message with attributes that do not match
     """
     recording1_attributes = get_rec_attributes(recording1)
     recording2_attributes = deepcopy(recording2_attributes)
     recording1_attributes.pop("properties")
     recording2_attributes.pop("properties")
 
-    return (
-        np.array_equal(recording1_attributes["channel_ids"], recording2_attributes["channel_ids"])
-        and recording1_attributes["sampling_frequency"] == recording2_attributes["sampling_frequency"]
-        and recording1_attributes["num_channels"] == recording2_attributes["num_channels"]
-        and recording1_attributes["num_samples"] == recording2_attributes["num_samples"]
-        and recording1_attributes["is_filtered"] == recording2_attributes["is_filtered"]
-        and recording1_attributes["dtype"] == recording2_attributes["dtype"]
-    )
+    attributes_match = True
+    non_matching_attrs = []
+
+    if not np.array_equal(recording1_attributes["channel_ids"], recording2_attributes["channel_ids"]):
+        attributes_match = False
+        non_matching_attrs.append("channel_ids")
+    if not recording1_attributes["sampling_frequency"] == recording2_attributes["sampling_frequency"]:
+        attributes_match = False
+        non_matching_attrs.append("sampling_frequency")
+    if not recording1_attributes["num_channels"] == recording2_attributes["num_channels"]:
+        attributes_match = False
+        non_matching_attrs.append("num_channels")
+    if not recording1_attributes["num_samples"] == recording2_attributes["num_samples"]:
+        attributes_match = False
+        non_matching_attrs.append("num_samples")
+    if check_is_filtered:
+        if not recording1_attributes["is_filtered"] == recording2_attributes["is_filtered"]:
+            attributes_match = False
+            non_matching_attrs.append("is_filtered")
+    # dtype is optional
+    if "dtype" in recording1_attributes and "dtype" in recording2_attributes:
+        if check_dtype:
+            if not recording1_attributes["dtype"] == recording2_attributes["dtype"]:
+                attributes_match = False
+                non_matching_attrs.append("dtype")
+
+    if len(non_matching_attrs) > 0:
+        exception_str = f"Recordings do not match in the following attributes: {non_matching_attrs}"
+    else:
+        exception_str = ""
+
+    return attributes_match, exception_str

src/spikeinterface/core/sortinganalyzer.py

@@ -608,7 +608,9 @@ def load_from_zarr(cls, folder, recording=None):
 
         return sorting_analyzer
 
-    def set_temporary_recording(self, recording: BaseRecording):
+    def set_temporary_recording(
+        self, recording: BaseRecording, check_is_filtered: bool = True, check_dtype: bool = True
+    ):
         """
         Sets a temporary recording object. This function can be useful to temporarily set
         a "cached" recording object that is not saved in the SortingAnalyzer object to speed up
@@ -620,12 +622,19 @@ def set_temporary_recording(self, recording: BaseRecording):
         ----------
         recording : BaseRecording
             The recording object to set as temporary recording.
+        check_is_filtered : bool, default: True
+            If True, check that the temporary recording is filtered in the same way as the original recording.
+        check_dtype : bool, default: True
+            If True, check that the dtype of the temporary recording is the same as the original recording.
         """
         # check that recording is compatible
-        assert do_recording_attributes_match(recording, self.rec_attributes), "Recording attributes do not match."
-        assert np.array_equal(
-            recording.get_channel_locations(), self.get_channel_locations()
-        ), "Recording channel locations do not match."
+        attributes_match, exception_str = do_recording_attributes_match(
+            recording, self.rec_attributes, check_is_filtered=check_is_filtered, check_dtype=check_dtype
+        )
+        if not attributes_match:
+            raise ValueError(exception_str)
+        if not np.array_equal(recording.get_channel_locations(), self.get_channel_locations()):
+            raise ValueError("Recording channel locations do not match.")
         if self._recording is not None:
             warnings.warn("SortingAnalyzer recording is already set. The current recording is temporarily replaced.")
         self._temporary_recording = recording

src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_recording_tools.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     get_channel_distances,
     get_noise_levels,
     order_channels_by_depth,
+    do_recording_attributes_match,
+    get_rec_attributes,
 )
 
 
@@ -300,6 +302,45 @@ def test_order_channels_by_depth():
     assert np.array_equal(order_2d[::-1], order_2d_fliped)
 
 
+def test_do_recording_attributes_match():
+    recording = NoiseGeneratorRecording(
+        num_channels=2, durations=[10.325, 3.5], sampling_frequency=30_000, strategy="tile_pregenerated"
+    )
+    rec_attributes = get_rec_attributes(recording)
+    do_match, _ = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes)
+    assert do_match
+
+    rec_attributes = get_rec_attributes(recording)
+    rec_attributes["sampling_frequency"] = 1.0
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes)
+    assert not do_match
+    assert "sampling_frequency" in exc
+
+    # check is_filtered options
+    rec_attributes = get_rec_attributes(recording)
+    rec_attributes["is_filtered"] = not rec_attributes["is_filtered"]
+
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes)
+    assert not do_match
+    assert "is_filtered" in exc
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes, check_is_filtered=False)
+    assert do_match
+
+    # check dtype options
+    rec_attributes = get_rec_attributes(recording)
+    rec_attributes["dtype"] = "int16"
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes)
+    assert not do_match
+    assert "dtype" in exc
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes, check_dtype=False)
+    assert do_match
+
+    # check missing dtype
+    rec_attributes.pop("dtype")
+    do_match, exc = do_recording_attributes_match(recording, rec_attributes)
+    assert do_match
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Create a temporary folder using the standard library
     import tempfile

src/spikeinterface/core/tests/test_sortinganalyzer.py

@@ -141,9 +141,18 @@ def test_SortingAnalyzer_tmp_recording(dataset):
     recording_sliced = recording.channel_slice(recording.channel_ids[:-1])
 
     # wrong channels
-    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         sorting_analyzer.set_temporary_recording(recording_sliced)
 
+    # test with different is_filtered
+    recording_filt = recording.clone()
+    recording_filt.annotate(is_filtered=False)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        sorting_analyzer.set_temporary_recording(recording_filt)
+
+    # thest with additional check_is_filtered
+    sorting_analyzer.set_temporary_recording(recording_filt, check_is_filtered=False)
+
 
 def _check_sorting_analyzers(sorting_analyzer, original_sorting, cache_folder):
 

src/spikeinterface/core/waveforms_extractor_backwards_compatibility.py

@@ -446,10 +446,6 @@ def _read_old_waveforms_extractor_binary(folder, sorting):
     else:
         rec_attributes["probegroup"] = None
 
-    if "dtype" not in rec_attributes:
-        warnings.warn("dtype not found in rec_attributes. Setting to float32")
-        rec_attributes["dtype"] = "float32"
-
     # recording
     recording = None
     if (folder / "recording.json").exists():