Use set instead of list for dag's tags

[Avihais12344]

Description

Instead of using list for holding the tags of a specific dag (as we can see at the docs), I suggest using set instead, specifically MutableSet for the type hinting, and python set as the default implementation.

Use case/motivation

I would want to add multiple tags (even the same ones) faster, without worrying about duplicates, and reduce the memory usage because of it. Also, it's good to check if a certain tag already exists.

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[sunank200]

@Avihais12344 Thanks for raising the issue. I had follow-up questions:

• Will this change to set break any existing DAGs or workflows expecting a list? I think it would. Wouldn't this be breaking change?
• Are there any edge cases or performance regressions to consider with this change?
• How would we ensure the use of set is consistent across the codebase, particularly in how tags are stored/retrieved?

[Avihais12344]

Hello @sunank200, thanks for responding.

It would break existing code expecting tags as list, that's why I wanted to discuss it here.
The interface is different from list, but other than that, it would not be too much than different, we can think of it as a unique list. So I think there would not be edge case, as we alreay take the unique items from the tags list.

We can ensure the use of set accross the codebase by using typing and linters that would enforce the right types. I would also use the collections.abc type of MutableSet instead of the builtin set, to allow any type of set.

[Avihais12344]

Created a PR for this here.

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