op_proto.proto

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// Protocol Message for 3rd-party language binding.
//
// Paddle Python package will use `OpProto` to generate op creation methods.
// The op creation methods take user's input and generate `OpDesc` proto message,
// then pass `OpDesc` to C++ side and create Op pointer.
//
syntax="proto2";
package paddle.framework;

import "attribute.proto";

// Attribute protocol message for 3rd-party language binding.
// It will store the Op support what attribute and what type.
message AttrProto {
    // Supported attribute name. e.g. `scale` for cosine op.
    required string name = 1;

    // Supported attribute type.
    required AttrType type = 2;

    // Supported attribute comments. It helps 3rd-party language generate doc-string.
    required string comment = 3;

    // If that attribute is generated, it means the Paddle third language
    // binding has responsibility to fill that attribute. End-User should
    // not set that attribute.
    optional bool generated = 4 [default=false];
}

// Input or output message for 3rd-party language binding.
// It contains parameter name and its comments.
message VarProto {
    // Input or output name in that op creation function.
    // e.g. `cos(a, b, output, ...)`, "a", "b", "output" are names.
    required string name = 1;

    // The comment for that input. It helps 3rd-party language generate doc-string.
    required string comment = 2;

    // Is that input/output could be a list or not.
    // If so, that Op should write a attributed named `input_format` or
    // `output_format`.
    //
    // e.g.
    //   If the op is a fc op, the inputs are `X`, `W`, `b`. The `X` and `W`
    //   could be multiple, so the multiple of `X` and `W` is True, and OpDesc
    //   will hold a attribute of them.
    //
    //   The Op desc of same fc could be
    //   {
    //      "type": "fc",
    //      "input": ["X1", "X2", "W1", "W2", "b"],
    //      "output": "fc.out",
    //      "attrs" : {
    //        "input_format": [0, 2, 4, 5]
    //      }
    //   }
    //
    optional bool multiple = 3 [default=false];

    // It marks that output is a temporary output. That output is not used by
    // user, but used by other op internally as input. If other op is not use
    // that output, it could be optimized early.
    //
    // Attribute temporary_index will be set in OpDesc if there is some
    // outputs are temporary.
    //
    // output = [ "xxx.out1", "xxx.tmp", "xxx.out2"],
    // attrs = {
    //   "temporary_index": [1]
    // }
    optional bool temporary = 4 [default=false];

    // The gradient of operator can be ignored immediately
    // e.g. operator AddOp, y = x1 + x2, the gradient of dy/dx1, dy/dx2
    // can be ignored for the future optimized on graph.
    optional bool ignore_gradient = 6;
}

// Op protocol message for 3rd-party language binding.
// It contains all information for generating op creation method.
message OpProto {
    // The input information to generate op creation method.
    repeated VarProto inputs = 1;

    // The output information to generate op creation method.
    repeated VarProto outputs = 2;

    // The attribute information to generate op creation method.
    repeated AttrProto attrs = 3;

    // The comments for that Op. It helps 3rd-party language generate
    // doc-string. The whole documentation of that Op is generated by comment,
    // inputs, outputs, attrs together.
    required string comment = 4;

    // The type of that Op.
    required string type = 5;

}