<li><strong>name</strong>(<em>str</em>) – The name/alias of the function</li>
<li><strong>shape</strong>(<em>list</em>) – Tuple declaring the shape.</li>
<li><strong>append_batch_size</strong>(<em>bool</em>) – Whether or not to append the data as a batch.</li>
<li><strong>dtype</strong>(<em>int|float</em>) – The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc</li>
<li><strong>type</strong>(<em>VarType</em>) – The output type. By default it is LOD_TENSOR.</li>
<li><strong>lod_level</strong> (<em>int</em>) – The LoD Level. 0 means the input data is not a sequence.</li>
<li><strong>main_program</strong>– Name of the main program that calls this</li>
<li><strong>startup_program</strong>– Name of the startup program</li>
<li><strong>stop_gradient</strong>– A boolean that mentions whether gradient should flow.</li>
<li><strong>main_program</strong>(<em>Program</em>) – Name of the main program that calls this</li>
<li><strong>startup_program</strong>(<em>Program</em>) – Name of the startup program</li>
<li><strong>stop_gradient</strong>(<em>bool</em>) – A boolean that mentions whether gradient should flow.</li>
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<trclass="field-even field"><thclass="field-name">Returns:</th><tdclass="field-body"><pclass="first">The global variable that gives access to the data.</p>