Handle signature-less callables for UDF calls

engine/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/engine/util/PyCallableWrapper.java

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public String getName() {
     class Signature {
         private final List<Parameter> parameters;
         private final Class<?> returnType;
+        public static Signature EMPTY_SIGNATURE = new Signature(List.of(), null);
 
         public Signature(List<Parameter> parameters, Class<?> returnType) {
             this.parameters = parameters;

engine/table/src/main/java/io/deephaven/engine/util/PyCallableWrapperJpyImpl.java

@@ -193,18 +193,29 @@ private void prepareSignature() {
             vectorized = false;
         }
         pyUdfDecorator = dh_udf_module.call("_udf_parser", pyCallable);
-        signatureString = pyUdfDecorator.getAttribute("signature").toString();
+        // The Python UDF parser failed to get/parse the callable's signature. This is likely due to it being
+        // a function in an extension module or a signature-less/multi-signature builtin function such as 'max'.
+        if (pyUdfDecorator.isNone()) {
+            pyUdfDecorator = null;
+            signature = Signature.EMPTY_SIGNATURE;
+        } else {
+            signatureString = pyUdfDecorator.getAttribute("signature").toString();
+        }
     }
 
 
     @Override
     public void parseSignature() {
-        if (signatureString != null) {
+        if (signature != null) {
             return;
         }
 
         prepareSignature();
 
+        if (signature == Signature.EMPTY_SIGNATURE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // the 'types' field of a vectorized function follows the pattern of '[ilhfdb?O]*->[ilhfdb?O]',
         // eg. [ll->d] defines two int64 (long) arguments and a double return type.
         if (signatureString == null || signatureString.isEmpty()) {
@@ -286,7 +297,12 @@ public static boolean isLosslessWideningPrimitiveConversion(@NotNull Class<?> or
         return false;
     }
 
+
     public void verifyArguments(Class<?>[] argTypes) {
+        if (signature == Signature.EMPTY_SIGNATURE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         String callableName = pyCallable.getAttribute("__name__").toString();
         List<Parameter> parameters = signature.getParameters();
 
@@ -358,7 +374,7 @@ public void verifyArguments(Class<?>[] argTypes) {
 
     // In vectorized mode, we want to call the vectorized function directly.
     public PyObject vectorizedCallable() {
-        if (numbaVectorized) {
+        if (numbaVectorized || pyUdfDecorator == null) {
             return pyCallable;
         } else {
             return pyUdfDecorator.call("__call__", this.argTypesStr, true);

py/server/deephaven/_udf.py

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ def _parse_np_ufunc_signature(fn: numpy.ufunc) -> _ParsedSignature:
     return p_sig
 
 
-def _parse_signature(fn: Callable) -> _ParsedSignature:
+def _parse_signature(fn: Callable) -> Optional[_ParsedSignature]:
     """ Parse the signature of a function """
 
     if numba:
@@ -496,10 +496,14 @@ def _parse_signature(fn: Callable) -> _ParsedSignature:
         return _parse_np_ufunc_signature(fn)
     else:
         p_sig = _ParsedSignature(fn=fn)
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-            sig = inspect.signature(fn, eval_str=True)  # novermin
-        else:
-            sig = inspect.signature(fn)
+        try:
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+                sig = inspect.signature(fn, eval_str=True)  # novermin
+            else:
+                sig = inspect.signature(fn)
+        except ValueError:
+            # some built-in functions don't have a signature, neither do some functions from C extensions
+            return None
 
         for n, p in sig.parameters.items():
             # when from __future__ import annotations is used, the annotation is a string, we need to eval it to get
@@ -513,7 +517,7 @@ def _parse_signature(fn: Callable) -> _ParsedSignature:
         p_sig.ret_annotation = _parse_return_annotation(t)
         return p_sig
 
-def _udf_parser(fn: Callable):
+def _udf_parser(fn: Callable) -> Optional[Callable]:
     """A decorator that acts as a transparent translator for Python UDFs used in Deephaven query formulas between
     Python and Java. This decorator is intended for internal use by the Deephaven query engine and should not be used by
     users.
@@ -531,6 +535,9 @@ def _udf_parser(fn: Callable):
         return fn
 
     p_sig = _parse_signature(fn)
+    if p_sig is None:
+        return None
+
     return_array = p_sig.ret_annotation.has_array
     ret_np_char = p_sig.ret_annotation.encoded_type[-1]
     ret_dtype = dtypes.from_np_dtype(np.dtype(ret_np_char if ret_np_char != "X" else "O"))

py/server/tests/test_udf_scalar_args.py

@@ -613,6 +613,12 @@ def f(p1: float, p2: np.float64) -> bool:
         self.assertRegex(str(w[-1].message), "numpy scalar type.*is used")
         self.assertEqual(10, t.to_string().count("true"))
 
+    def test_no_signature(self):
+        builtin_max = max
+        t = empty_table(10).update("X = (int) builtin_max(1, 2, 3)")
+        self.assertEqual(t.columns[0].data_type, dtypes.int32)
+        self.assertEqual(10, t.to_string().count("3"))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()

py/server/tests/test_vectorization.py

@@ -342,5 +342,15 @@ def f3(p1: np.ndarray[np.bool_]) -> np.ndarray[np.bool_]:
             self.assertEqual(_udf.vectorized_count, 1)
             _udf.vectorized_count = 0
 
+    def test_no_signature_array(self):
+        builtin_max = max
+
+        t = empty_table(10).update(["X = i % 3", "Y = i % 2 == 0? `deephaven`: `rocks`"]).group_by("X").update("Y = Y.toArray()")
+        t1 = t.update(["X1 = builtin_max(Y)"])
+        self.assertEqual(t1.columns[2].data_type, dtypes.JObject)
+        self.assertEqual(_udf.vectorized_count, 0)
+        _udf.vectorized_count = 0
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()