# Buggy code
def any(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=None, combine_size=None):
    """
    Test whether any tensor element along a given axis evaluates to True.

    Returns single boolean unless `axis` is not ``None``

    Parameters
    ----------
    a : array_like
        Input tensor or object that can be converted to an array.
    axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional
        Axis or axes along which a logical OR reduction is performed.
        The default (`axis` = `None`) is to perform a logical OR over all
        the dimensions of the input array. `axis` may be negative, in
        which case it counts from the last to the first axis.

        If this is a tuple of ints, a reduction is performed on multiple
        axes, instead of a single axis or all the axes as before.
    out : Tensor, optional
        Alternate output tensor in which to place the result.  It must have
        the same shape as the expected output and its type is preserved
        (e.g., if it is of type float, then it will remain so, returning
        1.0 for True and 0.0 for False, regardless of the type of `a`).
        See `doc.ufuncs` (Section "Output arguments") for details.

    keepdims : bool, optional
        If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left
        in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option,
        the result will broadcast correctly against the input tensor.

        If the default value is passed, then `keepdims` will not be
        passed through to the `any` method of sub-classes of
        `Tensor`, however any non-default value will be.  If the
        sub-classes `sum` method does not implement `keepdims` any
        exceptions will be raised.
    combine_size: int, optional
        The number of chunks to combine.

    Returns
    -------
    any : bool or Tensor
        A new boolean or `Tensor` is returned unless `out` is specified,
        in which case a reference to `out` is returned.

    See Also
    --------
    Tensor.any : equivalent method

    all : Test whether all elements along a given axis evaluate to True.

    Notes
    -----
    Not a Number (NaN), positive infinity and negative infinity evaluate
    to `True` because these are not equal to zero.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import mars.tensor as mt

    >>> mt.any([[True, False], [True, True]]).execute()
    True

    >>> mt.any([[True, False], [False, False]], axis=0).execute()
    array([ True, False])

    >>> mt.any([-1, 0, 5]).execute()
    True

    >>> mt.any(mt.nan).execute()
    True

    """
    a = astensor(a)
    op = TensorAny(
        axis=axis, dtype=np.dtype(bool), keepdims=keepdims, combine_size=combine_size
    )
    return op(a, out=out)


# Traceback (AttributeError)
In [5]: a = mt.tensor(['a', 'b', 'c'], dtype=object)

In [6]: a.max().execute()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-6-d9ebfaf2dc7b> in <module>
----> 1 a.max().execute()

~/Workspace/mars/mars/core.py in execute(self, session, **kw)
641
642         if wait:
--> 643             return run()
644         else:
645             thread_executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(1)

~/Workspace/mars/mars/core.py in run()
637
638         def run():
--> 639             self.data.execute(session, **kw)
640             return self
641

~/Workspace/mars/mars/core.py in execute(self, session, **kw)
377
378         if wait:
--> 379             return run()
380         else:
381             # leverage ThreadPoolExecutor to submit task,

~/Workspace/mars/mars/core.py in run()
372         def run():
373             # no more fetch, thus just fire run
--> 374             session.run(self, **kw)
375             # return Tileable or ExecutableTuple itself
376             return self

~/Workspace/mars/mars/session.py in run(self, *tileables, **kw)
497         tileables = tuple(mt.tensor(t) if not isinstance(t, (Entity, Base)) else t
498                           for t in tileables)
--> 499         result = self._sess.run(*tileables, **kw)
500
501         for t in tileables:

~/Workspace/mars/mars/session.py in run(self, *tileables, **kw)
106             # set number of running cores
107             self.context.set_ncores(kw['n_parallel'])
--> 108             res = self._executor.execute_tileables(tileables, **kw)
109             return res
110

~/Workspace/mars/mars/utils.py in _inner(*args, **kwargs)
449         def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
450             with self:
--> 451                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
452
453         return _inner

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in execute_tileables(self, tileables, fetch, n_parallel, n_thread, print_progress, mock, compose, name)
879                                    n_parallel=n_parallel or n_thread,
880                                    print_progress=print_progress, mock=mock,
--> 881                                    chunk_result=chunk_result)
882
883                 # update shape of tileable and its chunks whatever it's successful or not

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in execute_graph(self, graph, keys, n_parallel, print_progress, mock, no_intermediate, compose, retval, chunk_result)
691             print_progress=print_progress, mock=mock, mock_max_memory=self._mock_max_memory,
692             fetch_keys=fetch_keys, no_intermediate=no_intermediate)
--> 693         res = graph_execution.execute(retval)
694         self._mock_max_memory = max(self._mock_max_memory, graph_execution._mock_max_memory)
695         if mock:

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in execute(self, retval)
572         # wait until all the futures completed
573         for future in executed_futures:
--> 574             future.result()
575
576         if retval:

~/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/_base.py in result(self, timeout)
426                 raise CancelledError()
427             elif self._state == FINISHED:
--> 428                 return self.__get_result()
429
430             self._condition.wait(timeout)

~/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/_base.py in __get_result(self)
382     def __get_result(self):
383         if self._exception:
--> 384             raise self._exception
385         else:
386             return self._result

~/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py in run(self)
55
56         try:
---> 57             result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
58         except BaseException as exc:
59             self.future.set_exception(exc)

~/Workspace/mars/mars/utils.py in _inner(*args, **kwargs)
449         def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
450             with self:
--> 451                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
452
453         return _inner

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in _execute_operand(self, op)
444             # so we pass the first operand's first output to Executor.handle
445             first_op = ops[0]
--> 446             self.handle_op(first_op, results, self._mock)
447
448             # update maximal memory usage during execution

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in handle_op(self, *args, **kw)
376
377     def handle_op(self, *args, **kw):
--> 378         return Executor.handle(*args, **kw)
379
380     def _order_starts(self):

~/Workspace/mars/mars/executor.py in handle(cls, op, results, mock)
642                 # The `UFuncTypeError` was introduced by numpy#12593 since v1.17.0.
643                 try:
--> 644                     return runner(results, op)
645                 except UFuncTypeError as e:
646                     raise TypeError(str(e)).with_traceback(sys.exc_info()[2]) from None

~/Workspace/mars/mars/tensor/reduction/core.py in execute(cls, ctx, op)
288             return cls.execute_agg(ctx, op)
289         else:
--> 290             return cls.execute_one_chunk(ctx, op)
291
292

~/Workspace/mars/mars/tensor/reduction/core.py in execute_one_chunk(cls, ctx, op)
277     @classmethod
278     def execute_one_chunk(cls, ctx, op):
--> 279         cls.execute_agg(ctx, op)
280
281     @classmethod

~/Workspace/mars/mars/tensor/reduction/core.py in execute_agg(cls, ctx, op)
273                                   keepdims=bool(op.keepdims))
274
--> 275             ctx[out.key] = ret.astype(op.dtype, order=out.order.value, copy=False)
276
277     @classmethod

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'astype'

# Fixed code
def any(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=None, combine_size=None):
    """
    Test whether any tensor element along a given axis evaluates to True.

    Returns single boolean unless `axis` is not ``None``

    Parameters
    ----------
    a : array_like
        Input tensor or object that can be converted to an array.
    axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional
        Axis or axes along which a logical OR reduction is performed.
        The default (`axis` = `None`) is to perform a logical OR over all
        the dimensions of the input array. `axis` may be negative, in
        which case it counts from the last to the first axis.

        If this is a tuple of ints, a reduction is performed on multiple
        axes, instead of a single axis or all the axes as before.
    out : Tensor, optional
        Alternate output tensor in which to place the result.  It must have
        the same shape as the expected output and its type is preserved
        (e.g., if it is of type float, then it will remain so, returning
        1.0 for True and 0.0 for False, regardless of the type of `a`).
        See `doc.ufuncs` (Section "Output arguments") for details.

    keepdims : bool, optional
        If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left
        in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option,
        the result will broadcast correctly against the input tensor.

        If the default value is passed, then `keepdims` will not be
        passed through to the `any` method of sub-classes of
        `Tensor`, however any non-default value will be.  If the
        sub-classes `sum` method does not implement `keepdims` any
        exceptions will be raised.
    combine_size: int, optional
        The number of chunks to combine.

    Returns
    -------
    any : bool or Tensor
        A new boolean or `Tensor` is returned unless `out` is specified,
        in which case a reference to `out` is returned.

    See Also
    --------
    Tensor.any : equivalent method

    all : Test whether all elements along a given axis evaluate to True.

    Notes
    -----
    Not a Number (NaN), positive infinity and negative infinity evaluate
    to `True` because these are not equal to zero.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import mars.tensor as mt

    >>> mt.any([[True, False], [True, True]]).execute()
    True

    >>> mt.any([[True, False], [False, False]], axis=0).execute()
    array([ True, False])

    >>> mt.any([-1, 0, 5]).execute()
    True

    >>> mt.any(mt.nan).execute()
    True

    """
    a = astensor(a)
    if a.dtype == np.object_:
        dtype = a.dtype
    else:
        dtype = np.dtype(bool)
    op = TensorAny(axis=axis, dtype=dtype, keepdims=keepdims, combine_size=combine_size)
    return op(a, out=out)