# Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. from .. import core from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper __all__ = ['data'] def data(name, shape, append_batch_size=True, dtype='float32', lod_level=0, type=core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR, stop_gradient=True): """ **Data Layer** This function takes in the input and based on whether data has to be returned back as a minibatch, it creates the global variable by using the helper functions. The global variables can be accessed by all the following operators in the graph. All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables to the LayerHelper constructor. Args: name(str): The name/alias of the function shape(list): Tuple declaring the shape. append_batch_size(bool): Whether or not to append the data as a batch. dtype(int|float): The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc type(VarType): The output type. By default it is LOD_TENSOR. lod_level(int): The LoD Level. 0 means the input data is not a sequence. main_program(Program): Name of the main program that calls this startup_program(Program): Name of the startup program stop_gradient(bool): A boolean that mentions whether gradient should flow. Returns: Variable: The global variable that gives access to the data. Examples: .. code-block:: python data = fluid.layers.data(name='x', shape=[784], dtype='float32') """ helper = LayerHelper('data', **locals()) shape = list(shape) for i in xrange(len(shape)): if shape[i] is None: shape[i] = -1 append_batch_size = False elif shape[i] < 0: append_batch_size = False if append_batch_size: shape = [-1] + shape # append batch size as -1 return helper.create_global_variable( name=name, shape=shape, dtype=dtype, type=type, stop_gradient=stop_gradient, lod_level=lod_level)