fix api doc (#16201)

test=develop

paddle/fluid/API.spec

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ paddle.fluid.program_guard (ArgSpec(args=['main_program', 'startup_program'], va
 paddle.fluid.name_scope (ArgSpec(args=['prefix'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '0ef753f5cec69fef9ae6ad8b867b33a2'))
 paddle.fluid.Executor.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'place'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.Executor.close (ArgSpec(args=['self'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'f5369953dd0c443961cf79f7a00e1a03'))
-paddle.fluid.Executor.run (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'program', 'feed', 'fetch_list', 'feed_var_name', 'fetch_var_name', 'scope', 'return_numpy', 'use_program_cache'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None, 'feed', 'fetch', None, True, False)), ('document', 'aba8093edebf2d5c869b735b92811e45'))
+paddle.fluid.Executor.run (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'program', 'feed', 'fetch_list', 'feed_var_name', 'fetch_var_name', 'scope', 'return_numpy', 'use_program_cache'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None, 'feed', 'fetch', None, True, False)), ('document', 'f482e93b38b4018796969a2e1dde479d'))
 paddle.fluid.global_scope (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'e148d3ab1ed8edf3e928212a375959c0'))
 paddle.fluid.scope_guard (ArgSpec(args=['scope'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'b94d1f6bcc29c4fb58fc0058561250c2'))
 paddle.fluid.DistributeTranspiler.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'config'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ paddle.fluid.CUDAPinnedPlace.__init__ __init__(self: paddle.fluid.core.CUDAPinne
 paddle.fluid.ParamAttr.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'name', 'initializer', 'learning_rate', 'regularizer', 'trainable', 'gradient_clip', 'do_model_average'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, 1.0, None, True, None, False)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.WeightNormParamAttr.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'dim', 'name', 'initializer', 'learning_rate', 'regularizer', 'trainable', 'gradient_clip', 'do_model_average'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None, 1.0, None, True, None, False)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.DataFeeder.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'feed_list', 'place', 'program'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
-paddle.fluid.DataFeeder.decorate_reader (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'reader', 'multi_devices', 'num_places', 'drop_last'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, True)), ('document', '0eed2f198dc73c08a41b61edbc755753'))
+paddle.fluid.DataFeeder.decorate_reader (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'reader', 'multi_devices', 'num_places', 'drop_last'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, True)), ('document', 'f8f3df23c5633c614db781a91b81fb62'))
 paddle.fluid.DataFeeder.feed (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'iterable'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '459e316301279dfd82001b46f0b8ffca'))
 paddle.fluid.DataFeeder.feed_parallel (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'iterable', 'num_places'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '543863d1f9d4853758adb613b8659e85'))
 paddle.fluid.clip.ErrorClipByValue.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'max', 'min'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
@@ -518,11 +518,11 @@ paddle.reader.compose (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs='readers', keywords='kwargs', de
 paddle.reader.chain (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs='readers', keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'd22c34e379a53901ae67a6bca7f4def4'))
 paddle.reader.shuffle (ArgSpec(args=['reader', 'buf_size'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'e42ea6fee23ce26b23cb142cd1d6522d'))
 paddle.reader.firstn (ArgSpec(args=['reader', 'n'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'c5bb8f7dd4f917f1569a368aab5b8aad'))
-paddle.reader.xmap_readers (ArgSpec(args=['mapper', 'reader', 'process_num', 'buffer_size', 'order'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(False,)), ('document', '283bc0b8a0e26ae186b8b9bee4aec560'))
+paddle.reader.xmap_readers (ArgSpec(args=['mapper', 'reader', 'process_num', 'buffer_size', 'order'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(False,)), ('document', '9c804a42f8a4dbaa76b3c98e0ab7f796'))
 paddle.reader.PipeReader.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'command', 'bufsize', 'file_type'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(8192, 'plain')), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
-paddle.reader.PipeReader.get_line (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'cut_lines', 'line_break'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(True, '\n')), ('document', '5f80a7ed70052f01665e4c74acccfa69'))
+paddle.reader.PipeReader.get_line (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'cut_lines', 'line_break'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(True, '\n')), ('document', '9621ae612e595b6c34eb3bb5f3eb1a45'))
 paddle.reader.multiprocess_reader (ArgSpec(args=['readers', 'use_pipe', 'queue_size'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(True, 1000)), ('document', '7d8b3a96e592107c893d5d51ce968ba0'))
 paddle.reader.Fake.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.reader.creator.np_array (ArgSpec(args=['x'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '28d457fbc9a71efa4ac91a3be179cada'))
-paddle.reader.creator.text_file (ArgSpec(args=['path'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '44fe286ab6175a5464d3a961a68c266a'))
-paddle.reader.creator.recordio (ArgSpec(args=['paths', 'buf_size'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(100,)), ('document', '11b3704ea42cfd537953387a7e58dae8'))
+paddle.reader.creator.text_file (ArgSpec(args=['path'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'f45fcb7add066c8e042c6774fc7c3db2'))
+paddle.reader.creator.recordio (ArgSpec(args=['paths', 'buf_size'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(100,)), ('document', 'b4a94ee0e2cefb495619275c2f8c61d2'))

python/paddle/fluid/data_feeder.py

@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ class DataFeeder(object):
         Args:
             reader(function): the reader is the function which can generate data.
             multi_devices(bool): whether to use multiple devices or not.
-            num_places(int): if the multi_devices is True, you can specify the number
-                of GPU to use, if 'num_places' is None, the function will use all the
+            num_places(int): if multi_devices is True, you can specify the number
+                of GPU to use, if multi_devices is None, the function will use all the
                 GPU of the current machine. Default None.
             drop_last(bool): whether to drop the last batch if the
                 size of the last batch is less than batch_size. Default True.
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class DataFeeder(object):
             dict: the result of conversion.
 
         Raises:
-            ValueError: If drop_last is False and the data batch which cannot fit for devices.
+            ValueError: If drop_last is False and the data batch cannot fit for devices.
         """
 
         def __reader_creator__():

python/paddle/fluid/executor.py

@@ -470,12 +470,20 @@ class Executor(object):
             program(Program|CompiledProgram): the program that need to run,
                 if not provided, then default_main_program (not compiled) will be used.
             feed(dict): feed variable map, e.g. {"image": ImageData, "label": LabelData}
-            fetch_list(list): a list of variable or variable names that user want to get, run will return them according to this list.
-            feed_var_name(str): the name for the input variable of feed Operator.
-            fetch_var_name(str): the name for the output variable of fetch Operator.
-            scope(Scope): the scope used to run this program, you can switch it to different scope. default is global_scope
+            fetch_list(list): a list of variable or variable names that user 
+                wants to get, this method will return them according to this list.
+            feed_var_name(str): the name for the input variable of 
+                feed Operator.
+            fetch_var_name(str): the name for the output variable of 
+                fetch Operator.
+            scope(Scope): the scope used to run this program, you can switch 
+                it to different scope. default is global_scope
             return_numpy(bool): if convert the fetched tensor to numpy
-            use_program_cache(bool): set use_program_cache to true if program not changed compare to the last step.
+            use_program_cache(bool): whether to use the cached program 
+                settings across batches. Setting it be true would be faster 
+                only when (1) the program is not compiled with data parallel, 
+                and (2) program, feed variable names and fetch_list variable 
+                names do not changed compared to the last step. 
                 
         Returns:
 

python/paddle/reader/__init__.py

@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ items. It can be any function with no parameter that creates a iterable
 Element produced from the iterable should be a **single** entry of data,
 **not** a mini batch. That entry of data could be a single item, or a tuple of
 items.
-Item should be of `supported type <http://www.paddlepaddle.org/doc/ui/data_provider
-/pydataprovider2.html?highlight=dense_vector#input-types>`_ (e.g., numpy 1d
-array of float32, int, list of int)
+Item should be of supported type (e.g., numpy array or list/tuple of float 
+or int).
 
 An example implementation for single item data reader creator:
 
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ An example implementation for multiple item data reader creator:
                 yield numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, size=width*height), label
     return reader
 
-
-TODO(yuyang18): Should we add whole design doc here?
 """
 
 import paddle.reader.decorator

python/paddle/reader/creator.py

@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ def text_file(path):
     Creates a data reader that outputs text line by line from given text file.
     Trailing new line ('\\\\n') of each line will be removed.
 
-    :path: path of the text file.
-    :returns: data reader of text file
+    Args:
+        path (str): path of the text file.
+    
+    Returns: 
+        callable: data reader of text file.
     """
 
     def reader():
@@ -59,10 +62,15 @@ def text_file(path):
 
 def recordio(paths, buf_size=100):
     """
-    Creates a data reader from given RecordIO file paths separated by ",",
-        glob pattern is supported.
-    :path: path of recordio files, can be a string or a string list.
-    :returns: data reader of recordio files.
+    Creates a data reader from given RecordIO file paths separated 
+    by ",", glob pattern is supported.
+
+    Args:
+        paths (str|list(str)): path of recordio files.
+        buf_size (int): prefetched buffer size. 
+
+    Returns:
+        callable: data reader of recordio files.
     """
 
     import recordio as rec

python/paddle/reader/decorator.py

@@ -242,20 +242,18 @@ class XmapEndSignal():
 
 def xmap_readers(mapper, reader, process_num, buffer_size, order=False):
     """
-    Use multiprocess to map samples from reader by a mapper defined by user.
-    And this function contains a buffered decorator.
-    :param mapper:  a function to map sample.
-    :type mapper: callable
-    :param reader: the data reader to read from
-    :type reader: callable
-    :param process_num: process number to handle original sample
-    :type process_num: int
-    :param buffer_size: max buffer size
-    :type buffer_size: int
-    :param order: keep the order of reader
-    :type order: bool
-    :return: the decarated reader
-    :rtype: callable
+    Use multi-threads to map samples from reader by a mapper defined by user.
+
+    Args:
+        mapper (callable): a function to map the data from reader.
+        reader (callable): a data reader which yields the data. 
+        process_num (int): thread number to handle original sample.
+        buffer_size (int): size of the queue to read data in. 
+        order (bool): whether to keep the data order from original reader. 
+            Default False.
+
+    Returns:
+        callable: a decorated reader with data mapping. 
     """
     end = XmapEndSignal()
 
@@ -477,7 +475,7 @@ class PipeReader:
         """
         :param cut_lines: cut buffer to lines
         :type cut_lines: bool
-        :param line_break: line break of the file, like \n or \r
+        :param line_break: line break of the file, like '\\\\n' or '\\\\r'
         :type line_break: string
 
         :return: one line or a buffer of bytes