Updated Subtensor and AsyncSubtensor's get_children method to return normalised float values.

Author: thewhaleking

bittensor/core/async_subtensor.py

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     u16_normalized_float,
     _decode_hex_identity_dict,
     Certificate,
+    u64_normalized_float,
 )
 from bittensor.utils.balance import (
     Balance,
@@ -891,7 +892,7 @@ async def get_children(
         block: Optional[int] = None,
         block_hash: Optional[str] = None,
         reuse_block: bool = False,
-    ) -> tuple[bool, list, str]:
+    ) -> tuple[bool, list[tuple[float, str]], str]:
         """
         This method retrieves the children of a given hotkey and netuid. It queries the SubtensorModule's ChildKeys
             storage function to get the children and formats them before returning as a tuple.
@@ -921,8 +922,8 @@ async def get_children(
                 for proportion, child in children.value:
                     # Convert U64 to int
                     formatted_child = decode_account_id(child[0])
-                    int_proportion = int(proportion)
-                    formatted_children.append((int_proportion, formatted_child))
+                    normalized_proportion = u64_normalized_float(proportion)
+                    formatted_children.append((normalized_proportion, formatted_child))
                 return True, formatted_children, ""
             else:
                 return True, [], ""

bittensor/core/subtensor.py

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     u16_normalized_float,
     _decode_hex_identity_dict,
     Certificate,
+    u64_normalized_float,
 )
 from bittensor.utils.balance import (
     Balance,
@@ -678,7 +679,7 @@ def get_hyperparameter(
 
     def get_children(
         self, hotkey: str, netuid: int, block: Optional[int] = None
-    ) -> tuple[bool, list, str]:
+    ) -> tuple[bool, list[tuple[float, str]], str]:
         """
         This method retrieves the children of a given hotkey and netuid. It queries the SubtensorModule's ChildKeys
             storage function to get the children and formats them before returning as a tuple.
@@ -704,8 +705,8 @@ def get_children(
                 for proportion, child in children.value:
                     # Convert U64 to int
                     formatted_child = decode_account_id(child[0])
-                    int_proportion = int(proportion)
-                    formatted_children.append((int_proportion, formatted_child))
+                    normalized_proportion = u64_normalized_float(proportion)
+                    formatted_children.append((normalized_proportion, formatted_child))
                 return True, formatted_children, ""
             else:
                 return True, [], ""

tests/unit_tests/test_async_subtensor.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 from bittensor_wallet import Wallet
 
+from bittensor import u64_normalized_float
 from bittensor.core import async_subtensor
 from bittensor.core.async_subtensor import AsyncSubtensor
 from bittensor.core.chain_data.stake_info import StakeInfo
@@ -1765,8 +1766,8 @@ async def test_get_children_success(subtensor, mocker):
     mocker.patch.object(async_subtensor, "decode_account_id", mocked_decode_account_id)
 
     expected_formatted_children = [
-        (1000, "decoded_child_key_1"),
-        (2000, "decoded_child_key_2"),
+        (u64_normalized_float(1000), "decoded_child_key_1"),
+        (u64_normalized_float(2000), "decoded_child_key_2"),
     ]
 
     # Call