Options and settings#

cudf.get_option(name)

Get the value of option.

cudf.set_option(name, val)

Set the value of option.

cudf.describe_option([name])

Prints the description of an option.

cudf.option_context(*args)

Context manager to temporarily set options in the with statement context.

Available options#

You can get a list of available options and their descriptions with describe_option(). When called with no argument describe_option() will print out the descriptions for all available options.

In [1]: import cudf

In [2]: cudf.describe_option()
default_integer_bitwidth:
	
Default bitwidth when the dtype of an integer needs to be
inferred. If set to `None`, the API will align dtype with pandas.
APIs that respect this option include:
	- cudf object constructors
	- cudf.read_csv and cudf.read_json when `dtype` is not specified.
	- APIs that require implicit conversion of cudf.RangeIndex to an
	  integer index.
	Valid values are  None, 32 or 64. Default is None.

	[Default: None] [Current: None]
default_float_bitwidth:
	
Default bitwidth when the dtype of a float needs to be
inferred. If set to `None`, the API will align dtype with pandas.
APIs that respect this option include:
	- cudf object constructors
	- cudf.read_csv and cudf.read_json when `dtype` is not specified.
	Valid values are None, 32 or 64. Default is None.

	[Default: None] [Current: None]
spill:
	
Enables spilling.
	Valid values are True or False. Default is False.

	[Default: False] [Current: False]
copy_on_write:
	
If set to `False`, disables copy-on-write.
If set to `True`, enables copy-on-write.
Read more at: :ref:`copy-on-write-user-doc`
	Valid values are True or False. Default is False.

	[Default: False] [Current: False]
spill_on_demand:
	
Enables spilling on demand using an RMM out-of-memory error handler.
This has no effect if spilling is disabled, see the "spill" option.
	Valid values are True or False. Default is True.

	[Default: True] [Current: True]
spill_device_limit:
	
Enforce a device memory limit in bytes.
This has no effect if spilling is disabled, see the "spill" option.
	Valid values are any positive integer or None (disabled).
	Default is None.

	[Default: None] [Current: None]
spill_stats:
	
If not 0, enables statistics at the specified level:
    0  - disabled (no overhead).
    1+ - duration and number of bytes spilled (very low overhead).
    2+ - a traceback for each time a spillable buffer is exposed
        permanently (potential high overhead).

Valid values are any positive integer.
Default is 0 (disabled).

	[Default: 0] [Current: 0]
mode.pandas_compatible:
	
If set to `False`, retains `cudf` specific behavior.
If set to `True`, enables pandas compatibility mode,
which will try to match pandas API behaviors in case of
any inconsistency.
	Valid values are True or False. Default is False.

	[Default: False] [Current: False]