Raise error when sparse=True is passed to tiledb.from_numpy (#2080)

tiledb/highlevel.py

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ def from_numpy(uri, array, config=None, ctx=None, **kwargs):
     ctx = _get_ctx(ctx, config)
     mode = kwargs.pop("mode", "ingest")
     timestamp = kwargs.pop("timestamp", None)
+    sparse = kwargs.pop("sparse", False)
+
+    if sparse:
+        raise tiledb.TileDBError("from_numpy only supports dense arrays")
 
     if mode not in ("ingest", "schema_only", "append"):
         raise tiledb.TileDBError(f"Invalid mode specified ('{mode}')")

tiledb/tests/test_fixes.py

@@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ def test_sc43221(self):
         a = tiledb.Group("mem://tmp1")
         repr(a.meta)
 
+    def test_sc56611(self):
+        # test from_numpy with sparse argument set to True
+        uri = self.path("test_sc56611")
+        data = np.random.rand(10, 10)
+        with pytest.raises(tiledb.cc.TileDBError) as exc_info:
+            tiledb.from_numpy(uri, data, sparse=True)
+        assert str(exc_info.value) == "from_numpy only supports dense arrays"
+
 
 class SOMA919Test(DiskTestCase):
     """