Enable more datasets in FDS

datasets/flwr_datasets/federated_dataset.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import datasets
 from datasets import Dataset, DatasetDict
 from flwr_datasets.partitioner import Partitioner
-from flwr_datasets.utils import _check_if_dataset_supported, _instantiate_partitioners
+from flwr_datasets.utils import _check_if_dataset_tested, _instantiate_partitioners
 
 
 class FederatedDataset:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class FederatedDataset:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, *, dataset: str, partitioners: Dict[str, int]) -> None:
-        _check_if_dataset_supported(dataset)
+        _check_if_dataset_tested(dataset)
         self._dataset_name: str = dataset
         self._partitioners: Dict[str, Partitioner] = _instantiate_partitioners(
             partitioners

datasets/flwr_datasets/federated_dataset_test.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_no_split_in_the_dataset(self) -> None:  # pylint: disable=R0201
 
     def test_unsupported_dataset(self) -> None:  # pylint: disable=R0201
         """Test creating FederatedDataset for unsupported dataset."""
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
             FederatedDataset(dataset="food101", partitioners={"train": 100})
 
 

datasets/flwr_datasets/utils.py

@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@
 """Utils for FederatedDataset."""
 
 
+import warnings
 from typing import Dict
 
 from flwr_datasets.partitioner import IidPartitioner, Partitioner
 
+tested_datasets = [
+    "mnist",
+    "cifar10",
+    "fashion_mnist",
+    "sasha/dog-food",
+    "zh-plus/tiny-imagenet",
+]
+
 
 def _instantiate_partitioners(partitioners: Dict[str, int]) -> Dict[str, Partitioner]:
     """Transform the partitioners from the initial format to instantiated objects.
@@ -41,17 +50,10 @@ def _instantiate_partitioners(partitioners: Dict[str, int]) -> Dict[str, Partiti
     return instantiated_partitioners
 
 
-def _check_if_dataset_supported(dataset: str) -> None:
+def _check_if_dataset_tested(dataset: str) -> None:
     """Check if the dataset is in the narrowed down list of the tested datasets."""
-    supported_datasets = [
-        "mnist",
-        "cifar10",
-        "fashion_mnist",
-        "sasha/dog-food",
-        "zh-plus/tiny-imagenet",
-    ]
-    if dataset not in supported_datasets:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"The currently tested and supported dataset are {supported_datasets}. "
-            f"Given: {dataset}"
+    if dataset not in tested_datasets:
+        warnings.warn(
+            f"The currently tested dataset are {tested_datasets}. Given: {dataset}.",
+            stacklevel=1,
         )