feat: add format-validation decorators for evaluators#387
Closed
mvanhorn wants to merge 1 commit into
Closed
Conversation
Changed Files
|
This was referenced Jul 2, 2026
Author
|
Closing in favor of #386, which was opened a few minutes earlier and covers the same feature more completely (adds require_xml_output and docs). Left a note there. |
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Summary
Evaluators had no reusable way to hard-fail malformed model output before scoring. Each evaluator re-implemented JSON parsing and format checks.
Changes
Add
gepa.utils.format_validatorwith three decorators:require_json_output(parse JSON, optional shallow schema check, pass parsed value through),require_format(arbitrary predicate), andrequire_regex_match. On failure the wrapped evaluator is skipped and a(0.0, {feedback})result is returned. Re-exported fromgepa.utils.Testing
Added
tests/test_format_validator.pycovering success, malformed JSON, schema mismatch, and regex paths.Fixes #265