scope.h

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#pragma once

#include <list>
#include <mutex>  // NOLINT
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <vector>

#include "paddle/fluid/framework/variable.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/macros.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.
  /// Mark it to const because that new kid scope cannot change parent scope.
  Scope& NewScope() const;

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

  /// Create a variable with a scope-unique name.
  /// Caller doesn't own the returned Variable.
  Variable* Var(std::string* name = nullptr);

  void EraseVars(const std::vector<std::string>& var_names);

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

  const Scope* parent() const { return parent_; }

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

  void DeleteScope(Scope* scope) const;

  /// Drop all kids scopes belonged to this scope.
  void DropKids();

  // enumerate all the variables current contains.
  std::vector<std::string> LocalVarNames() const;

  // Rename variable to a new name
  void Rename(const std::string& origin_name,
              const std::string& new_name) const;

  // Rename variable to a new name and return the new name
  std::string Rename(const std::string& origin_name) const;

 protected:
  mutable std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<Variable>> vars_;

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

  // Called by FindVar recursively.
  // Caller doesn't own the returned Variable.
  Variable* FindVarInternal(const std::string& name) const;

  // Called by FindVarInternal and Var.
  // Caller doesn't own the returned Variable.
  Variable* FindVarLocally(const std::string& name) const;

  // Scope in `kids_` are owned by this class.
  mutable std::list<Scope*> kids_;
  Scope const* parent_{nullptr};

  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Scope);

 private:
  mutable std::mutex mutex_;
};
}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle