optuna.distributions.check_distribution_compatibility

optuna.distributions.check_distribution_compatibility(dist_old, dist_new)

A function to check compatibility of two distributions.

It checks whether dist_old and dist_new are the same kind of distributions. If dist_old is CategoricalDistribution, it further checks choices are the same between dist_old and dist_new. Note that this method is not supposed to be called by library users.

Parameters

• dist_old (BaseDistribution) – A distribution previously recorded in storage.

• dist_new (BaseDistribution) – A distribution newly added to storage.

Return type

None