feat: Experimental transpilation of unannotated python callables

packages/bigframes/bigframes/_config/experiment_options.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._semantic_operators: bool = False
         self._ai_operators: bool = False
         self._sql_compiler: Literal["legacy", "stable", "experimental"] = "stable"
+        self._enable_python_transpiler: bool = False
 
     @property
     def semantic_operators(self) -> bool:
@@ -166,3 +167,17 @@ def blob_display_height(self, value: Optional[int]):
         warnings.warn(msg, category=bfe.ApiDeprecationWarning)
 
         bigframes.options.display.blob_display_height = value
+
+    @property
+    def enable_python_transpiler(self) -> bool:
+        return self._enable_python_transpiler
+
+    @enable_python_transpiler.setter
+    def enable_python_transpiler(self, value: bool):
+        if value:
+            msg = bfe.format_message(
+                "Python transpiler is an unstable, experimental feature, and not yet fully "
+                "validated, use at your own risk."
+            )
+            warnings.warn(msg, category=bfe.PythonTranspilerPreviewWarning)
+        self._enable_python_transpiler = value

packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/block_transforms.py

@@ -14,22 +14,58 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
+import inspect
 import typing
-from typing import Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Callable, Hashable, Optional, Sequence
 
 import bigframes_vendored.constants as constants
 import pandas as pd
 
 import bigframes.constants
 import bigframes.core as core
 import bigframes.core.blocks as blocks
+import bigframes.core.bytecode as bytecode
 import bigframes.core.expression as ex
 import bigframes.core.ordering as ordering
 import bigframes.core.window_spec as windows
 import bigframes.dtypes as dtypes
 import bigframes.operations as ops
 import bigframes.operations.aggregations as agg_ops
-from bigframes.core import agg_expressions
+from bigframes.core import agg_expressions, py_expressions
+
+
+def apply_to_block_rows(
+    func: Callable, block: blocks.Block, *args, **kwargs
+) -> blocks.Block:
+    """
+    Apply the given function to each row of the block.
+
+    The function is applied to each row of the block, and the result is returned
+    as a new block with the same index.
+    """
+    expr = bytecode._compile_bytecode_to_py_expr(func)
+    sig = inspect.signature(func)
+
+    bindings: dict[Hashable, ex.Expression] = {}
+
+    bound_args = sig.bind(*(None, *args), **kwargs)
+    bound_args.apply_defaults()
+    bound_params = bound_args.arguments
+    for name, value in bound_params.items():
+        bindings[name] = ex.const(value)
+
+    expr = py_expressions.resolve_py_exprs(
+        expr,
+        series_arg=next(iter(sig.parameters.keys())),
+        series_attrs={
+            label: col_id
+            for label in block.column_labels
+            if (col_id := block.resolve_label_exact(label)) is not None
+        },
+    )
+    expr = expr.bind_variables(bindings)
+
+    return block.project_exprs([expr], labels=[None], drop=True)
 
 
 def equals(block1: blocks.Block, block2: blocks.Block) -> bool:

packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/bytecode.py

@@ -249,15 +249,12 @@ def _compile_bytecode_to_py_expr(func: Callable) -> expression.Expression:
     raise ValueError("No return value found")
 
 
-def dis_to_expr(func: Callable, unpack_mode: bool = False) -> expression.Expression:
+def py_to_expression(func: Callable) -> expression.Expression:
     """
     Try to convert a python function to a BigQuery expression.
 
-    Unpack mode is whether SQL columns are addressed as attributes of a single
-    python argument (e.g. row.col1), or as separate arguments (e.g. col1).
-
     This is "best effort" - if the function contains operations that cannot
     be converted to BigQuery expressions, it will raise an Exception.
     """
     py_expr = _compile_bytecode_to_py_expr(func)
-    return py_exprs.resolve_py_exprs(py_expr, unpack_mode=unpack_mode)
+    return py_exprs.resolve_py_exprs(py_expr)

packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/py_expressions.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import dataclasses
 import itertools
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Callable, Hashable, Mapping, Tuple
+from typing import Callable, Hashable, Mapping, Optional, Tuple
 
 import bigframes.operations.python_op_maps as python_op_maps
 from bigframes import dtypes
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     OpExpression,
     UnboundVariableExpression,
     const,
+    deref,
 )
 from bigframes.operations import NUMPY_TO_BINOP, NUMPY_TO_OP, generic_ops, numeric_ops
 
@@ -310,7 +311,11 @@ def bind_refs(
 
 
 # TODO: Mode that resolves free variable attrs as columns
-def resolve_py_exprs(expression: Expression, unpack_mode: bool = False) -> Expression:
+def resolve_py_exprs(
+    expression: Expression,
+    series_arg: Optional[str] = None,
+    series_attrs: Mapping[Hashable, str] | None = None,
+) -> Expression:
     """Replace all PyObject, attribute, call expressions. Bottom-up."""
 
     def resolve_expr_if_call(expression: Expression) -> Expression:
@@ -325,10 +330,15 @@ def resolve_attrs(expression: Expression) -> Expression:
             if isinstance(expression.input, Module):
                 # resolves things like Math.pi
                 return PyObject(getattr(expression.input.module, expression.attr))
-            if not unpack_mode and isinstance(
-                expression.input, UnboundVariableExpression
+            # TODO: Resolve some series methods
+            if (
+                series_arg is not None
+                and series_attrs is not None
+                and isinstance(expression.input, UnboundVariableExpression)
+                and expression.input.id == series_arg
+                and expression.attr in series_attrs
             ):
-                return UnboundVariableExpression(expression.attr)
+                return deref(series_attrs[expression.attr])
         return expression
 
     def resolve_pyobjs(expression: Expression) -> Expression:

packages/bigframes/bigframes/dataframe.py

@@ -4692,13 +4692,17 @@ def _prepare_export(
         return array_value, id_overrides
 
     def map(self, func, na_action: Optional[str] = None) -> DataFrame:
-        if not isinstance(func, bigframes.functions.Udf):
+        from bigframes._config import options
+
+        if not isinstance(func, bigframes.functions.Udf) and not (
+            options.experiments.enable_python_transpiler and callable(func)
+        ):
             raise TypeError("the first argument must be callable")
 
         if na_action not in {None, "ignore"}:
             raise ValueError(f"na_action={na_action} not supported")
 
-        expr = ops.func_to_op(func).as_expr(ex.free_var("input"))
+        expr = ops.func_to_expr(func).apply(ex.free_var("input"))
         if na_action == "ignore":
             # True case, predicate, False case
             expr = ops.where_op.as_expr(
@@ -4718,11 +4722,25 @@ def apply(self, func, *, axis=0, args: typing.Tuple = (), **kwargs):
             )
             warnings.warn(msg, category=bfe.FunctionAxisOnePreviewWarning)
 
-            if not isinstance(func, bigframes.functions.Udf):
+            from bigframes._config import options
+
+            if not isinstance(func, bigframes.functions.Udf) and not (
+                options.experiments.enable_python_transpiler and callable(func)
+            ):
                 raise ValueError(
                     "For axis=1 a BigFrames BigQuery function must be used."
                 )
 
+            if (
+                not isinstance(func, bigframes.functions.Udf)
+                and options.experiments.enable_python_transpiler
+                and callable(func)
+            ):
+                result_block = block_ops.apply_to_block_rows(
+                    func, self._block, *args, **kwargs
+                )
+                return bigframes.series.Series(result_block)
+
             if func.udf_def.signature.is_row_processor:
                 # Early check whether the dataframe dtypes are currently supported
                 # in the bigquery function
@@ -4776,8 +4794,14 @@ def apply(self, func, *, axis=0, args: typing.Tuple = (), **kwargs):
                 )
 
                 # Apply the function
+                expr = ops.func_to_expr(func).expr
+                if not (
+                    isinstance(expr, ex.OpExpression)
+                    and isinstance(expr.op, ops.NaryOp)
+                ):
+                    raise TypeError(f"Expected OpExpression with NaryOp, got {expr}")
                 result_series = rows_as_json_series._apply_nary_op(
-                    ops.func_to_op(func),
+                    expr.op,
                     list(args),
                 )
 
@@ -4837,8 +4861,8 @@ def apply(self, func, *, axis=0, args: typing.Tuple = (), **kwargs):
 
                 series_list = [self[col] for col in self.columns]
                 op_list = series_list[1:] + list(args)
-                result_series = series_list[0]._apply_nary_op(
-                    ops.func_to_op(func), op_list
+                result_series = series_list[0]._apply_callable_expr(
+                    ops.func_to_expr(func), op_list
                 )
             result_series.name = None
 

packages/bigframes/bigframes/exceptions.py

@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class MaximumResultRowsExceeded(RuntimeError):
     """Maximum number of rows in the result was exceeded."""
 
 
+class TranspilationError(RuntimeError):
+    """Failed to transpile a Python function to BigFrames Expression."""
+
+
 class TimeTravelDisabledWarning(Warning):
     """A query was reattempted without time travel."""
 
@@ -126,6 +130,10 @@ class FunctionPackageVersionWarning(PreviewWarning):
     """
 
 
+class PythonTranspilerPreviewWarning(PreviewWarning):
+    """Python Transpiler is a preview feature."""
+
+
 def format_message(message: str, fill: bool = True):
     """[Private] Formats a warning message.
 

packages/bigframes/bigframes/operations/__init__.py

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     timestamp_add_op,
     timestamp_sub_op,
 )
-from bigframes.operations.to_op import func_to_op
+from bigframes.operations.to_op import func_to_expr
 
 __all__ = [
     # Base ops
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
     "AIScore",
     "AISimilarity",
     # Helper functions
-    "func_to_op",
+    "func_to_expr",
     # Numpy ops mapping
     "NUMPY_TO_BINOP",
     "NUMPY_TO_OP",