Add default value to init_array config param. Update docstring.

changes/3391.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make config param optional in init_array

src/zarr/core/array.py

@@ -4444,7 +4444,7 @@ async def init_array(
     chunk_key_encoding: ChunkKeyEncodingLike | None = None,
     dimension_names: DimensionNames = None,
     overwrite: bool = False,
-    config: ArrayConfigLike | None,
+    config: ArrayConfigLike | None = None,
 ) -> AsyncArray[ArrayV3Metadata] | AsyncArray[ArrayV2Metadata]:
     """Create and persist an array metadata document.
 
@@ -4525,7 +4525,7 @@ async def init_array(
     overwrite : bool, default False
         Whether to overwrite an array with the same name in the store, if one exists.
     config : ArrayConfigLike or None, optional
-        Configuration for this array.
+        Configuration for this array (default is None).
 
     Returns
     -------

src/zarr/testing/utils.py

@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ def has_cupy() -> bool:
 
 # Decorator for GPU tests
 def gpu_test(func: T) -> T:
-    return cast("T", gpu_mark(skip_if_no_gpu(func)))
+    return cast(T, gpu_mark(skip_if_no_gpu(func)))

tests/test_api.py

@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ async def test_init_order_warns() -> None:
             store_path=StorePath(store=MemoryStore()),
             shape=(1,),
             dtype="uint8",
-            config=None,
             zarr_format=3,
             order="F",
         )