* hide program APIs

* fix merge error

* update

* refine seq_softmax_op

* fix seq_softmax

* use cub in seq_softmax

* fix dist table send hang problem

* revert sync_mode config

* fix async send table

* Add sequence_expand_as_op

* follow comment

* Implement slice grad operator. #8130
* test slice grad operator and bug fix
* Fix pre commit style

* Enhence generate_proposal_labels_op
* Fix bug in generate_proposals_op
* Refine rpn_target_assign_op.
* by Bu Xingyuan, Wang Guanzhong and Dang Qingqing

* trainer auto wait pserver port ready

* add file

* fix docstring

* add option to not wait

* update api spec

* clean

* fix test hang

import os module to use os.environ in setUp()

* add multiprocess_reader

* add multiprocess_reader to reader decorator

* support piped multi process reader

* revert v2 decorator

* add comment to multiprocess_reader

* optimize code

* use ujson to speed up json serialize/deserialize

* add assert to multiprocess_reader

* update comment of multiprocess_reader

* optimize ujson import, handle error case

* optimize import ujson

* remove ujson from requirements.txt

* add import sys to decorator.py