use new configs module tfor central config validation point

merlin/core/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+from merlin.config import validate_dask_configs
 from merlin.core import _version
 
 __version__ = _version.get_versions()["version"]
+validate_dask_configs()

merlin/dag/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #
 # flake8: noqa
 
+from merlin.config import validate_dask_configs
+
+validate_dask_configs()
+
 from merlin.dag.graph import Graph
 from merlin.dag.node import Node, iter_nodes, postorder_iter_nodes, preorder_iter_nodes
 from merlin.dag.operator import DataFormats, Operator, Supports

merlin/io/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-
 # flake8: noqa
+
+from merlin.config import validate_dask_configs
+
+validate_dask_configs()
+
 from merlin.io import dataframe_iter, dataset, shuffle
 from merlin.io.dataframe_iter import DataFrameIter
 from merlin.io.dataset import MERLIN_METADATA_DIR_NAME, Dataset