`trainer.validated/tested/predicted_ckpt_path`: mark private or deprecate

[jjenniferdai]

Proposed refactor / Motivation

As detailed in this comment: #10573 (comment):

• These properties are intended as read-only, they do not support any actual functionality (they do not and should not set the load path).

• The main reason to keep them is to track the exact ckpt_path used in the case of automatic "best" path resolution (https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/blob/master/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py#L1363).

Pitch

To clarify/emphasize this, we can either:

1. Set to private. Also just need one attribute (e.g. trainer._ckpt_path or trainer._last_restored_ckpt_path).

2. Can we deprecate these attributes entirely? checkpoint_connector gives us info on the exact path here: https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/blob/master/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/checkpoint_connector.py#L75

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[awaelchli]

At the most we would need only one of these attributes. It does not make sense to have one dedicated to each trainer method.

[jjenniferdai]

At the most we would need only one of these attributes. It does not make sense to have one dedicated to each trainer method.

updated this in pitch option 1 !

[awaelchli]

Since lately we changed the resume arguments to ckpt_path, I would say trainer.ckpt_path is most reasonable.

[carmocca]

I agree with ^

[awaelchli]

If I understand correctly, #11696 addressed this. Closing.