Deprecate a number of APIs in jax.lib.xla_client.

(Technically these aren't public, so they don't need a deprecation period, but this is the polite thing to do.)

PiperOrigin-RevId: 684906277

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ When releasing, please add the new-release-boilerplate to docs/pallas/CHANGELOG.
     the `vectorized` parameter to those functions. The `vmap_method` parameter
     should be used instead for better defined behavior. See the discussion in
     {jax-issue}`#23881` for more details.
+  * The semi-public API `jax.lib.xla_client.register_custom_call_target` has
+    been deprecated. Use the JAX FFI instead.
+  * The semi-public APIs `jax.lib.xla_client.dtype_to_etype`,
+    `jax.lib.xla_client.ops`, 
+    `jax.lib.xla_client.shape_from_pyval`, `jax.lib.xla_client.PrimitiveType`,
+    `jax.lib.xla_client.Shape`, `jax.lib.xla_client.XlaBuilder`, and
+    `jax.lib.xla_client.XlaComputation` have been deprecated. Use StableHLO
+    instead.
 
 ## jax 0.4.34 (October 4, 2024)
 

jax/lib/xla_client.py

@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@
 from jax._src.lax.fft import FftType as _FftType
 from jax._src.lib import xla_client as _xc
 
-dtype_to_etype = _xc.dtype_to_etype
 get_topology_for_devices = _xc.get_topology_for_devices
 heap_profile = _xc.heap_profile
 mlir_api_version = _xc.mlir_api_version
-ops = _xc.ops
-register_custom_call_target = _xc.register_custom_call_target
-shape_from_pyval = _xc.shape_from_pyval
 ArrayImpl = _xc.ArrayImpl
 Client = _xc.Client
 CompileOptions = _xc.CompileOptions
@@ -29,11 +25,7 @@ DeviceAssignment = _xc.DeviceAssignment
 Frame = _xc.Frame
 HloSharding = _xc.HloSharding
 OpSharding = _xc.OpSharding
-PrimitiveType = _xc.PrimitiveType
-Shape = _xc.Shape
 Traceback = _xc.Traceback
-XlaBuilder = _xc.XlaBuilder
-XlaComputation = _xc.XlaComputation
 
 _deprecations = {
     # Added Aug 5 2024
@@ -69,6 +61,40 @@ _deprecations = {
         ),
         _xc.PaddingType,
     ),
+    # Added Oct 11 2024
+    "dtype_to_etype": (
+        "dtype_to_etype is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.dtype_to_etype,
+    ),
+    "ops": (
+        "ops is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.ops,
+    ),
+    "register_custom_call_target": (
+        "register_custom_call_target is deprecated; use the JAX FFI instead "
+        "(https://jax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ffi.html)",
+        _xc.register_custom_call_target,
+    ),
+    "shape_from_pyval": (
+        "shape_from_pyval is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.shape_from_pyval,
+    ),
+    "PrimitiveType": (
+        "PrimitiveType is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.PrimitiveType,
+    ),
+    "Shape": (
+        "Shape is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.Shape,
+    ),
+    "XlaBuilder": (
+        "XlaBuilder is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.XlaBuilder,
+    ),
+    "XlaComputation": (
+        "XlaComputation is deprecated; use StableHLO instead.",
+        _xc.XlaComputation,
+    ),
 }
 
 import typing as _typing
@@ -76,9 +102,17 @@ import typing as _typing
 if _typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
   _xla = _xc._xla
   bfloat16 = _xc.bfloat16
+  dtype_to_etype = _xc.dtype_to_etype
+  ops = _xc.ops
+  register_custom_call_target = _xc.register_custom_call_target
+  shape_from_pyval = _xc.shape_from_pyval
   Device = _xc.Device
   FftType = _FftType
   PaddingType = _xc.PaddingType
+  PrimitiveType = _xc.PrimitiveType
+  Shape = _xc.Shape
+  XlaBuilder = _xc.XlaBuilder
+  XlaComputation = _xc.XlaComputation
   XlaRuntimeError = _xc.XlaRuntimeError
 else:
   from jax._src.deprecations import deprecation_getattr as _deprecation_getattr