Temporary Dycore dacite Config + Dycore Config Type Check Tweak [see: PyFV3 PR #88]

pace/driver.py

@@ -239,10 +239,21 @@ def from_dict(cls, kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> "DriverConfig":
                         "as it is determined based on top-level configuration"
                     )
 
+            # TODO - After pyFV3 PR #88, replace dycore dacite cmd with:
+            # kwargs["dycore_config"] = DynamicalCoreConfig.from_dict(
+            #     kwargs.get("dycore_config", {})
+            # )
+            dycore_dacite_config = dacite.Config(
+                strict=True,
+                type_hooks={
+                    Tuple[int, int]: lambda x: tuple(x),
+                    Tuple[str, ...]: lambda x: tuple(x) if x is not None else None,
+                },
+            )
             kwargs["dycore_config"] = dacite.from_dict(
                 data_class=DynamicalCoreConfig,
                 data=kwargs.get("dycore_config", {}),
-                config=dacite.Config(strict=True),
+                config=dycore_dacite_config,
             )
 
         if isinstance(kwargs["physics_config"], dict):

tests/main/fv3core/test_config.py

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def assert_types_match(classes):
     types = collections.defaultdict(set)
     for cls in classes:
         for name, field in cls.__dataclass_fields__.items():
-            types[name].add(field.type)
+            # Get type hints in case we're using postponed evaluation of types
+            # Example: '<class 'bool'> instead of 'bool'
+            types[name].add(typing.get_type_hints(cls)[name])
         for name, attr in cls.__dict__.items():
             if isinstance(attr, property):
                 types[name].add(