[BUG] [Flytekit] Mismatching Type while serializing Union Types in _make_dataclass_serializable

[mao3267]

Describe the bug

Mentioned in the discussion under flyteorg/flytekit#2823. When handling Union types in _make_dataset_serializable, we intend to select the first argument in get_args(python_type) because Optional is equivalent to Union[ExpectedType, None]. However, this approach may fail if the type order differs, for example, in Union[None, ExpectedType].

An error reproduction example:

from dataclasses import dataclass
from flytekit import task
from flytekit.types.file import FlyteFile
from typing import Union


@dataclass
class InnerDC:
    ff: Union[None, FlyteFile]

@dataclass
class DC:
    inner_dc: InnerDC


@task
def t_dc() -> DC:
    return DC(inner_dc=InnerDC(ff="s3://path"))

Expected behavior

This code snippet should work, meaning that the underlying Union types in dataclasses should be serialized correctly.

Additional context to reproduce

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• Yes

Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• Yes

[mao3267]

Here is another example I have come up with:

from dataclasses import dataclass
from flytekit import task
from typing import Union

@dataclass
class InnerDC:
    ff: Union[None, int, str]

@dataclass
class DC:
    inner_dc: InnerDC

@task
def t_dc() -> DC:
    return DC(inner_dc=InnerDC(ff="string"))

Since Union can contain multiple type candidates, I’m wondering if we should consider supporting this as well?
cc @Future-Outlier @wild-endeavor

[Future-Outlier]

Here is another example I have come up with:

from dataclasses import dataclass
from flytekit import task
from typing import Union

@dataclass
class InnerDC:
    ff: Union[None, int, str]

@dataclass
class DC:
    inner_dc: InnerDC

@task
def t_dc() -> DC:
    return DC(inner_dc=InnerDC(ff="string"))

Since Union can contain multiple type candidates, I’m wondering if we should consider supporting this as well? cc @Future-Outlier @wild-endeavor

YES DO IT