Enable parameter validation for R. (#5569)

* Enable parameter validation for R.

* Add test.

R-package/R/xgb.train.R

@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ xgb.train <- function(params = list(), data, nrounds, watchlist = list(),
     callbacks <- add.cb(callbacks, cb.early.stop(early_stopping_rounds,
                                                  maximize = maximize, verbose = verbose))
   }
+
   # Sort the callbacks into categories
   cb <- categorize.callbacks(callbacks)
+  params['validate_parameters'] <- TRUE
   if (!is.null(params[['seed']])) {
     warning("xgb.train: `seed` is ignored in R package.  Use `set.seed()` instead.")
   }

R-package/tests/testthat/test_basic.R

@@ -35,6 +35,40 @@ test_that("train and predict binary classification", {
   expect_lt(abs(err_pred1 - err_log), 10e-6)
 })
 
+test_that("parameter validation works", {
+  p <- list(foo = "bar")
+  nrounds = 1
+  set.seed(1994)
+
+  d <- cbind(
+    x1 = rnorm(10),
+    x2 = rnorm(10),
+    x3 = rnorm(10))
+  y <- d[,"x1"] + d[,"x2"]^2 +
+    ifelse(d[,"x3"] > .5, d[,"x3"]^2, 2^d[,"x3"]) +
+    rnorm(10)
+  dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data=d, info = list(label=y))
+
+  correct <- function() {
+    params <- list(max_depth = 2, booster = "dart",
+                   rate_drop = 0.5, one_drop = TRUE,
+                   objective = "reg:squarederror")
+    xgb.train(params = params, data = dtrain, nrounds = nrounds)
+  }
+  expect_silent(correct())
+  incorrect <- function() {
+    params <- list(max_depth = 2, booster = "dart",
+                   rate_drop = 0.5, one_drop = TRUE,
+                   objective = "reg:squarederror",
+                   foo = "bar", bar = "foo")
+    output <- capture.output(
+      xgb.train(params = params, data = dtrain, nrounds = nrounds))
+    print(output)
+  }
+  expect_output(incorrect(), "bar, foo")
+})
+
+
 test_that("dart prediction works", {
   nrounds = 32
   set.seed(1994)
@@ -68,7 +102,6 @@ test_that("dart prediction works", {
                                    one_drop = TRUE,
                                    nthread = 1,
                                    tree_method= "exact",
-                                   verbosity = 3,
                                    objective = "reg:squarederror"
                                  ),
                                 data = dtrain,
@@ -324,15 +357,15 @@ test_that("colsample_bytree works", {
   test_y <- as.numeric(rowSums(test_x) > 0)
   colnames(train_x) <- paste0("Feature_", sprintf("%03d", 1:100))
   colnames(test_x) <- paste0("Feature_", sprintf("%03d", 1:100))
-   dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(train_x, label = train_y)
+  dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(train_x, label = train_y)
   dtest <- xgb.DMatrix(test_x, label = test_y)
   watchlist <- list(train = dtrain, eval = dtest)
-   # Use colsample_bytree = 0.01, so that roughly one out of 100 features is
-  # chosen for each tree
-  param <- list(max_depth = 2, eta = 0, verbosity = 0, nthread = 2,
+  ## Use colsample_bytree = 0.01, so that roughly one out of 100 features is chosen for
+  ## each tree
+  param <- list(max_depth = 2, eta = 0, nthread = 2,
                 colsample_bytree = 0.01, objective = "binary:logistic",
                 eval_metric = "auc")
-   set.seed(2)
+  set.seed(2)
   bst <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, nrounds = 100, watchlist, verbose = 0)
   xgb.importance(model = bst)
   # If colsample_bytree works properly, a variety of features should be used

R-package/tests/testthat/test_glm.R

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test_that("gblinear works", {
   expect_lt(bst$evaluation_log$eval_error[2], ERR_UL)
 
   bst <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, n, watchlist, verbose = VERB, feature_selector = 'thrifty',
-                   top_n = 50, callbacks = list(cb.gblinear.history(sparse = TRUE)))
+                   top_k = 50, callbacks = list(cb.gblinear.history(sparse = TRUE)))
   expect_lt(bst$evaluation_log$eval_error[n], ERR_UL)
   h <- xgb.gblinear.history(bst)
   expect_equal(dim(h), c(n, ncol(dtrain) + 1))

doc/parameter.rst

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ General Parameters
     is displayed as warning message.  If there's unexpected behaviour, please try to
     increase value of verbosity.
 
-* ``validate_parameters`` [default to false, except for Python interface]
+* ``validate_parameters`` [default to false, except for Python and R interface]
 
   - When set to True, XGBoost will perform validation of input parameters to check whether
     a parameter is used or not.  The feature is still experimental.  It's expected to have