Reproduce old np.array_equal behavior

sacred/config/custom_containers.py

@@ -300,10 +300,19 @@ def type_changed(old_value, new_value):
 def is_different(old_value, new_value):
     """Numpy aware comparison between two values."""
     if opt.has_numpy:
-        # np.array_equal raises an exception when the arguments are not array in numpy 2.0.
-        # This issue is only present in 2.0, not in <2.0 or >=2.1
-        if isinstance(old_value, opt.np.ndarray) and isinstance(new_value, opt.np.ndarray):
-            return not opt.np.array_equal(old_value, new_value)
-        elif isinstance(old_value, opt.np.ndarray) or isinstance(new_value, opt.np.ndarray):
+        # Reproduces np.array_equal from numpy<2
+        # np.array_equal raises an exception when the arguments are scalar and
+        # differ in type (e.g. int and str) in numpy>=2.0
+        try:
+            old_value = opt.np.asarray(old_value)
+            new_value = opt.np.asarray(new_value)
+        except:
             return False
+        else:
+            result = old_value == new_value
+            if isinstance(result, bool):
+                return result
+            else:
+                return result.all()
+
     return old_value != new_value