suppress alias warnings with verbosity<0 (fixes #4518) (#5253)

include/LightGBM/config.h

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ struct Config {
   */
   inline static bool SortAlias(const std::string& x, const std::string& y);
 
-  static void KV2Map(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* params, const char* kv);
+  static void KeepFirstValues(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& params, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* out);
+  static void KV2Map(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>* params, const char* kv);
+  static void SetVerbosity(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& params);
   static std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> Str2Map(const char* parameters);
 
   #ifndef __NVCC__

src/application/application.cpp

@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ Application::~Application() {
 }
 
 void Application::LoadParameters(int argc, char** argv) {
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> all_params;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> params;
   for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-    Config::KV2Map(&params, argv[i]);
+    Config::KV2Map(&all_params, argv[i]);
   }
-  // check for alias
-  ParameterAlias::KeyAliasTransform(&params);
   // read parameters from config file
-  if (params.count("config") > 0) {
-    TextReader<size_t> config_reader(params["config"].c_str(), false);
+  bool config_file_ok = true;
+  if (all_params.count("config") > 0) {
+    TextReader<size_t> config_reader(all_params["config"][0].c_str(), false);
     config_reader.ReadAllLines();
     if (!config_reader.Lines().empty()) {
       for (auto& line : config_reader.Lines()) {
@@ -68,16 +68,19 @@ void Application::LoadParameters(int argc, char** argv) {
         if (line.size() == 0) {
           continue;
         }
-        Config::KV2Map(&params, line.c_str());
+        Config::KV2Map(&all_params, line.c_str());
       }
     } else {
-      Log::Warning("Config file %s doesn't exist, will ignore",
-                   params["config"].c_str());
+      config_file_ok = false;
     }
   }
-  // check for alias again
+  Config::SetVerbosity(all_params);
+  // de-duplicate params
+  Config::KeepFirstValues(all_params, &params);
+  if (!config_file_ok) {
+    Log::Warning("Config file %s doesn't exist, will ignore", params["config"].c_str());
+  }
   ParameterAlias::KeyAliasTransform(&params);
-  // load configs
   config_.Set(params);
   Log::Info("Finished loading parameters");
 }

src/io/config.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace LightGBM {
 
-void Config::KV2Map(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* params, const char* kv) {
+void Config::KV2Map(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>* params, const char* kv) {
   std::vector<std::string> tmp_strs = Common::Split(kv, '=');
   if (tmp_strs.size() == 2 || tmp_strs.size() == 1) {
     std::string key = Common::RemoveQuotationSymbol(Common::Trim(tmp_strs[0]));
@@ -22,26 +22,61 @@ void Config::KV2Map(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* params, const
       value = Common::RemoveQuotationSymbol(Common::Trim(tmp_strs[1]));
     }
     if (key.size() > 0) {
-      auto value_search = params->find(key);
-      if (value_search == params->end()) {  // not set
-        params->emplace(key, value);
-      } else {
-        Log::Warning("%s is set=%s, %s=%s will be ignored. Current value: %s=%s",
-          key.c_str(), value_search->second.c_str(), key.c_str(), value.c_str(),
-          key.c_str(), value_search->second.c_str());
-      }
+      params->operator[](key).emplace_back(value);
     }
   } else {
     Log::Warning("Unknown parameter %s", kv);
   }
 }
 
+void GetFirstValueAsInt(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& params, std::string key, int* out) {
+  const auto pair = params.find(key);
+  if (pair != params.end()) {
+    auto candidate = pair->second[0].c_str();
+    if (!Common::AtoiAndCheck(candidate, out)) {
+      Log::Fatal("Parameter %s should be of type int, got \"%s\"", key.c_str(), candidate);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void Config::SetVerbosity(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& params) {
+  int verbosity = Config().verbosity;
+  GetFirstValueAsInt(params, "verbose", &verbosity);
+  GetFirstValueAsInt(params, "verbosity", &verbosity);
+  if (verbosity < 0) {
+    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Fatal);
+  } else if (verbosity == 0) {
+    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Warning);
+  } else if (verbosity == 1) {
+    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Info);
+  } else {
+    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Debug);
+  }
+}
+
+void Config::KeepFirstValues(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& params, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* out) {
+  for (auto pair = params.begin(); pair != params.end(); ++pair) {
+    auto name = pair->first.c_str();
+    auto values = pair->second;
+    out->emplace(name, values[0]);
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < pair->second.size(); ++i) {
+      Log::Warning("%s is set=%s, %s=%s will be ignored. Current value: %s=%s",
+        name, values[0].c_str(),
+        name, values[i].c_str(),
+        name, values[0].c_str());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> Config::Str2Map(const char* parameters) {
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> all_params;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> params;
   auto args = Common::Split(parameters, " \t\n\r");
   for (auto arg : args) {
-    KV2Map(&params, Common::Trim(arg).c_str());
+    KV2Map(&all_params, Common::Trim(arg).c_str());
   }
+  SetVerbosity(all_params);
+  KeepFirstValues(all_params, &params);
   ParameterAlias::KeyAliasTransform(&params);
   return params;
 }
@@ -240,16 +275,6 @@ void Config::Set(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& params) {
     save_binary = true;
   }
 
-  if (verbosity == 1) {
-    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Info);
-  } else if (verbosity == 0) {
-    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Warning);
-  } else if (verbosity >= 2) {
-    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Debug);
-  } else {
-    LightGBM::Log::ResetLogLevel(LightGBM::LogLevel::Fatal);
-  }
-
   // check for conflicts
   CheckParamConflict();
 }

tests/python_package_test/test_engine.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import math
 import pickle
 import platform
 import random
+import re
 from os import getenv
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -3768,6 +3769,47 @@ def test_cegb_split_buffer_clean():
     assert rmse < 10.0
 
 
+def test_verbosity_and_verbose(capsys):
+    X, y = make_synthetic_regression()
+    ds = lgb.Dataset(X, y)
+    params = {
+        'num_leaves': 3,
+        'verbose': 1,
+        'verbosity': 0,
+    }
+    lgb.train(params, ds, num_boost_round=1)
+    expected_msg = (
+        '[LightGBM] [Warning] verbosity is set=0, verbose=1 will be ignored. '
+        'Current value: verbosity=0'
+    )
+    stdout = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert expected_msg in stdout
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('verbosity_param', lgb.basic._ConfigAliases.get("verbosity"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('verbosity', [-1, 0])
+def test_verbosity_can_suppress_alias_warnings(capsys, verbosity_param, verbosity):
+    X, y = make_synthetic_regression()
+    ds = lgb.Dataset(X, y)
+    params = {
+        'num_leaves': 3,
+        'subsample': 0.75,
+        'bagging_fraction': 0.8,
+        'force_col_wise': True,
+        verbosity_param: verbosity,
+    }
+    lgb.train(params, ds, num_boost_round=1)
+    expected_msg = (
+        '[LightGBM] [Warning] bagging_fraction is set=0.8, subsample=0.75 will be ignored. '
+        'Current value: bagging_fraction=0.8'
+    )
+    stdout = capsys.readouterr().out
+    if verbosity >= 0:
+        assert expected_msg in stdout
+    else:
+        assert re.search(r'\[LightGBM\]', stdout) is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not PANDAS_INSTALLED, reason='pandas is not installed')
 def test_validate_features():
     X, y = make_synthetic_regression()