Remove dataclass wrappers

[klepp0]

Description

This introduces the new meta class AutoDataclassMeta to avoid repetitive calling of the dc.dataclass decorator. The changes involve refactoring the Component class and docs updates.

Related Issues

Remove dataclass wrappers (fix #2129)

Checklist

• [x] Is this code covered by new or existing unit tests or integration tests?
• [x] Did you run make unit_testing and make integration-testing successfully?
• [x] Do new classes, functions, methods and parameters all have docstrings?
• [x] Were existing docstrings updated, if necessary?
• [x] Was external documentation updated, if necessary?

Additional Notes or Comments

• I've used the black formatter with jupyter extras to also format .ipynb files.
• I ran make ext_testing instead of `make integration-testing. I assume the checklist above is out of date?
• Both tests from the test_unstructured.py module failed. It also fails on the main branch so I didn't investigate it further.

[blythed]

@klepp0 great PR! A few things:

• Can you incorporate the suggestion to add @ensure_initialized?
• Can you include the @merge_docstrings decorator?

This will require you to apply the metaclass to Leaf and not to Component. I'm sorry if this is a lot to request, but great job for getting this far anyhow.

Hi @klepp0 would you be able to connect with us in the public slack? https://superduperdb.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1zuojj0k0-RjAYBs1TDsvEa7yaFGa6QA#/shared-invite/email

[klepp0]

Hey @blythed, thanks for the prompt response. I'll tackle those changes next week if that works for you.

[blythed]

Hi @klepp0 we cherry picked some of your commits in #2144 and merged that, as we are working towards a deadline. Thanks for you help! You're commits will appear in the main branch and v0.2 release.

[klepp0]

Hey @blythed, since the issue #2129 is still open, do you still need someone to include your suggestions from above? If so, I could start working on it tomorrow and finish what I started. Let me know 🙂