Don't reference self in Spark._validate_cache_dir
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PyArrow==8.0.0

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.005952 / 0.011353 (-0.005400) | 0.003585 / 0.011008 (-0.007424) | 0.079163 / 0.038508 (0.040655) | 0.057926 / 0.023109 (0.034817) | 0.326647 / 0.275898 (0.050749) | 0.383485 / 0.323480 (0.060005) | 0.004530 / 0.007986 (-0.003456) | 0.002821 / 0.004328 (-0.001508) | 0.062071 / 0.004250 (0.057820) | 0.048023 / 0.037052 (0.010971) | 0.329368 / 0.258489 (0.070879) | 0.390877 / 0.293841 (0.097036) | 0.026959 / 0.128546 (-0.101588) | 0.007911 / 0.075646 (-0.067735) | 0.259956 / 0.419271 (-0.159315) | 0.044582 / 0.043533 (0.001049) | 0.320537 / 0.255139 (0.065398) | 0.373814 / 0.283200 (0.090614) | 0.020275 / 0.141683 (-0.121408) | 1.532128 / 1.452155 (0.079973) | 1.595031 / 1.492716 (0.102315) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
|--------|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.186127 / 0.018006 (0.168120) | 0.428586 / 0.000490 (0.428097) | 0.005180 / 0.000200 (0.004980) | 0.000069 / 0.000054 (0.000015) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.024876 / 0.037411 (-0.012536) | 0.072169 / 0.014526 (0.057643) | 0.082015 / 0.176557 (-0.094542) | 0.147467 / 0.737135 (-0.589668) | 0.082769 / 0.296338 (-0.213570) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.410625 / 0.215209 (0.195416) | 4.116742 / 2.077655 (2.039088) | 2.172291 / 1.504120 (0.668171) | 2.022462 / 1.541195 (0.481268) | 2.048142 / 1.468490 (0.579651) | 0.503152 / 4.584777 (-4.081625) | 3.019135 / 3.745712 (-0.726577) | 3.589451 / 5.269862 (-1.680410) | 2.206876 / 4.565676 (-2.358801) | 0.057687 / 0.424275 (-0.366588) | 0.006560 / 0.007607 (-0.001047) | 0.475585 / 0.226044 (0.249541) | 4.784344 / 2.268929 (2.515416) | 2.506322 / 55.444624 (-52.938302) | 2.168251 / 6.876477 (-4.708225) | 2.324453 / 2.142072 (0.182381) | 0.590609 / 4.805227 (-4.214618) | 0.124178 / 6.500664 (-6.376486) | 0.059197 / 0.075469 (-0.016272) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 1.212359 / 1.841788 (-0.629429) | 17.915843 / 8.074308 (9.841535) | 13.128330 / 10.191392 (2.936938) | 0.144805 / 0.680424 (-0.535618) | 0.016889 / 0.534201 (-0.517312) | 0.344056 / 0.579283 (-0.235227) | 0.359370 / 0.434364 (-0.074994) | 0.404199 / 0.540337 (-0.136138) | 0.549117 / 1.386936 (-0.837819) |

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.005914 / 0.011353 (-0.005439) | 0.003565 / 0.011008 (-0.007443) | 0.061575 / 0.038508 (0.023067) | 0.057677 / 0.023109 (0.034568) | 0.359753 / 0.275898 (0.083855) | 0.394135 / 0.323480 (0.070655) | 0.004648 / 0.007986 (-0.003338) | 0.002795 / 0.004328 (-0.001534) | 0.061877 / 0.004250 (0.057626) | 0.049673 / 0.037052 (0.012621) | 0.363120 / 0.258489 (0.104631) | 0.402685 / 0.293841 (0.108844) | 0.027021 / 0.128546 (-0.101525) | 0.008006 / 0.075646 (-0.067641) | 0.067398 / 0.419271 (-0.351874) | 0.044442 / 0.043533 (0.000909) | 0.364851 / 0.255139 (0.109712) | 0.387219 / 0.283200 (0.104019) | 0.027267 / 0.141683 (-0.114416) | 1.466675 / 1.452155 (0.014520) | 1.512607 / 1.492716 (0.019891) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
|--------|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.206156 / 0.018006 (0.188150) | 0.410877 / 0.000490 (0.410387) | 0.003061 / 0.000200 (0.002861) | 0.000068 / 0.000054 (0.000013) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.024869 / 0.037411 (-0.012542) | 0.075736 / 0.014526 (0.061210) | 0.083922 / 0.176557 (-0.092634) | 0.139510 / 0.737135 (-0.597626) | 0.087685 / 0.296338 (-0.208654) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.414473 / 0.215209 (0.199264) | 4.150633 / 2.077655 (2.072979) | 2.132892 / 1.504120 (0.628773) | 1.964072 / 1.541195 (0.422878) | 2.003353 / 1.468490 (0.534863) | 0.498012 / 4.584777 (-4.086765) | 3.010135 / 3.745712 (-0.735577) | 2.841130 / 5.269862 (-2.428732) | 1.826013 / 4.565676 (-2.739664) | 0.057443 / 0.424275 (-0.366832) | 0.006374 / 0.007607 (-0.001234) | 0.490337 / 0.226044 (0.264292) | 4.889628 / 2.268929 (2.620700) | 2.575626 / 55.444624 (-52.868998) | 2.246522 / 6.876477 (-4.629955) | 2.276183 / 2.142072 (0.134110) | 0.581465 / 4.805227 (-4.223763) | 0.123877 / 6.500664 (-6.376787) | 0.060339 / 0.075469 (-0.015130) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 1.333202 / 1.841788 (-0.508585) | 18.363558 / 8.074308 (10.289250) | 14.109356 / 10.191392 (3.917964) | 0.147358 / 0.680424 (-0.533066) | 0.016813 / 0.534201 (-0.517388) | 0.334815 / 0.579283 (-0.244468) | 0.366576 / 0.434364 (-0.067788) | 0.397223 / 0.540337 (-0.143115) | 0.547893 / 1.386936 (-0.839043) |

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