scope.h

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#pragma once

#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <string>

#include "paddle/framework/variable.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace framework {

class Scope;

/**
 * @brief Scope that manage all variables.
 *
 * Scope is an association of a name to Variable. All variables belong to
 * Scope. You need to specify a scope to run a Net, i.e., `net.Run(&scope)`.
 * One net can run in different scopes and update different variable in the
 * scope.
 */
class Scope {
 public:
  Scope() {}
  ~Scope();

  // Create a sub-scope. Returns a reference other than a pointer so
  // to prevent from manual deletion.
  Scope& NewScope();

  // Create a variable with given name if it doesn't exist.
  Variable* NewVar(const std::string& name);

  // Create a variable with a scope-unique name.
  Variable* NewVar();

  // Find a variable in the scope or any of its ancestors.  Returns
  // nullptr if cannot find.
  Variable* FindVar(const std::string& name) const;

  // Find the scope or an ancestor scope that contains the given variable.
  Scope* FindScope(const Variable* var);

 private:
  // Call Scope::NewScope for a sub-scope.
  explicit Scope(Scope* parent) : parent_(parent) {}

  std::map<std::string, Variable*> vars_;
  std::list<Scope*> kids_;
  Scope* parent_{nullptr};
};

}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle