tracer.py

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from __future__ import print_function

import six

from collections import defaultdict
from paddle.fluid import core
from paddle.fluid import framework


class Tracer(core.Tracer):
    """
    :api_attr: imperative
    
    Tracer is used to execute and record the operators executed, to construct the 
    computation graph in dygraph model. Tracer has two mode, :code:`train_mode`
    and :code:`eval_mode`. In :code:`train_mode`, Tracer would add backward network 
    automatically and perform AutoGrad by method :code:`loss.backward()`. 
    In :code:`eval_mode`, Tracer would not add backward network.

    This is a low level API, users don't need to use it directly.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        super(Tracer, self).__init__()

        self._train_mode = True

    def trace_op(self, type, inputs, outputs, attrs, stop_gradient=False):
        self.trace(type, inputs, outputs, attrs,
                   framework._current_expected_place(), self._train_mode and
                   not stop_gradient)

    def train_mode(self):
        self._train_mode = True

    def eval_mode(self):
        self._train_mode = False