Minor improvement to dataclass flatten_with_path.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 559039279

chex/_src/dataclass.py

@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ def _flatten_with_path(dcls):
   path = []
   keys = []
   for k, v in sorted(dcls.__dict__.items()):
+    k = jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey(k)
     path.append((k, v))
     keys.append(k)
   return path, keys

chex/_src/dataclass_test.py

@@ -348,25 +348,37 @@ def test_dataclass_tree_map(self, frozen):
   def test_tree_flatten_with_keys(self):
     obj = dummy_dataclass()
     keys_and_leaves, treedef = jax.tree_util.tree_flatten_with_path(obj)
-    self.assertEqual([k for k, _ in keys_and_leaves],
-                     [('a', 'c'), ('a', 'd'), ('b',)])
+    self.assertEqual(
+        [k for k, _ in keys_and_leaves],
+        [
+            (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('a'), jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('c')),
+            (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('a'), jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('d')),
+            (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('b'),),
+        ],
+    )
     leaves = [l for _, l in keys_and_leaves]
     new_obj = treedef.unflatten(leaves)
     self.assertEqual(new_obj, obj)
 
   def test_tree_map_with_keys(self):
     obj = dummy_dataclass()
+    key_value_list, unused_treedef = jax.tree_util.tree_flatten_with_path(obj)
+    # Convert a list of key-value tuples to a dict.
+    flat_obj = dict(key_value_list)
+
     def f(path, x):
-      value = obj
-      for key in path:
-        value = getattr(value, key)
+      value = flat_obj[path]
       np.testing.assert_allclose(value, x)
       return path
 
     out = jax.tree_util.tree_map_with_path(f, obj)
-    self.assertEqual(out.a.c, ('a', 'c'))
-    self.assertEqual(out.a.d, ('a', 'd'))
-    self.assertEqual(out.b, ('b',))
+    self.assertEqual(
+        out.a.c, (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('a'), jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('c'))
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(
+        out.a.d, (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('a'), jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('d'))
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(out.b, (jax.tree_util.GetAttrKey('b'),))
 
   def test_tree_map_with_keys_traversal_order(self):
     # pytype: disable=wrong-arg-types