提交 497a131e 编写于 作者: K kavyasrinet 提交者: Yi Wang

Proposing Python syntax for send and recv in design doc (#8093)

* Adding send and recv in design doc

* fix typo

* fixed code

* Adding threading
上级 47168259
......@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ ch1 := make(chan int, 100) // a channel that can buffer 100 ints.
In Fluid, we should be able to do the same:
```python
ch = fluid.make_chan(dtype=INT)
ch1 = fluid.make_chan(dtype=INT, 100)
ch = fluid.make_channel(dtype=INT)
ch1 = fluid.make_channel(dtype=INT, 100)
```
In addition to that, we want channels that can hold more complex element types, e.g., Tensors of float16:
```python
ch = fluid.make_chan(dtype=Tensor, etype=float16)
ch = fluid.make_channel(dtype=Tensor, etype=float16)
```
or Tensors of Tensors of float16 etc.
......@@ -87,6 +87,76 @@ The point here is that we need a consistent way to compose types, like in C++ we
### Send and Recv
In Go, we first create a channel as explained in the section above and then perform read and write operations on top of the channels.
```go
ch1 := make(chan int)
ch2 := make(chan int, 100)
```
To write (or perform a `Send` operation) the value of a variable `x`, to channel `ch1` above, we perform the following:
```go
ch1 <- x
fmt.Println("Written to the channel")
```
Now to read (or perform a `Recv` operation) the value stored in `ch2` into a variable `y`, we perform the following:
```go
y <- ch2
fmt.Println("Received from channel")
```
In Fluid, we should be able to perform the above operations on the channel objects as well. As of now, we support two different kinds of channels : [Buffered Channel](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/details/buffered_channel.h) and [UnBuffered Channel](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/details/unbuffered_channel.h)
Send and Receive can be performed as following on a buffered channel:
```python
import threading
def send_to_channel(channel, num_time=1):
for i in xrange(num_time):
channel.send(i)
# Create a buffered channel of capacity 10
buffer_size = 10;
ch = fluid.make_channel(dtype=INT, buffer_size)
# Now write three elements to the channel
thread = threading.Thread(target=send_to_channel, args=(ch, 3, ))
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
# Read all the data from the channel
for i in xrange(3):
y = ch.recv()
# Done receiving , now close the channel
ch.close()
```
The send and receive operations will be similar for unbuffered channel as well, except for the fact that there is no buffer in an unbuffered channel, so the operations are completely synchronized. For example:
```python
import threading
def send_to_channel(channel, data):
channel.send(data)
# Create an unbuffered channel
ch = fluid.make_channel(dtype=INT)
# Writes and Reads are synchronous otherwise the calls will block.
thread = threading.Thread(target=send_to_channel, args=(ch, 10, ))
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
y = ch.recv()
# Done receiving , now close the channel
ch.close()
```
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## Example Programs
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