nn.modules.TorchModule

class nn.modules.TorchModule(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Module, Module

Base class for modules that are compatible with both Torch and Rockpool

Use this base class to build Rockpool modules that use Torch as a backend. You can also use this class to convert a torch.nn.module to a Rockpool Module in one line.

See also

See 🔥 Building Rockpool modules with Torch for details of using the Torch API.

To implement a module from scratch using the Torch low-level API, simply inherit from TorchModule instead of torch.nn.Module. You must implement the Torch API in the form of forward(). TorchModule will convert the API for you, and provides its own evolve() method. You should not need to implement the evolve() method yourself.

evolve() will automatically set the _record flag according to the input argument to evolve(). You can use this within your forward() method, and should build a dictionary _record_dict. This will be returned automatically from evolve(), if requested.

In your forward() method you should use the Torch API and semantics as usual. Sub-modules of a Rockpool TorchModule are expected to be Torch nn.Module s. Only the top-level module needs to be wrapped as a Rockpool TorchModule.

TorchModule automatically converts Torch parameters to Rockpool Parameter s, and Torch named buffers to Rockpool State s. In this way calls to parameters() and state() function as expected.

Examples

Convert a torch module to a Rockpool TorchModule:

>>> mod = TorchModule.from_torch(torch_mod)
>>> mod.parameters()
{
    'weight', Torch.Tensor[...],    # Rockpool parameter dictionary
    ...
}

>>> mod(data)
(
    torch.Tensor[...],  # Network output
    {},                 # State dictionary
    {},                 # Record dictionary
)

Convert a torch module to Rockpool, while retaining the torch API

>>> mod = TorchModule.from_torch(torch_mod, retain_torch_api = True)
>>> mod.parameters()
<Generator of parameters>   # Torch parameter generator

>>> mod(data)
torch.Tensor[...]       # Network output

Convert a Rockpool TorchModule to use the torch API

>>> mod = SomeRockpoolTorchModule()
>>> tmod = mod.to_torch()
>>> tmod.parameters()
<generator of parameters>   # Torch parameter generator

>>> tmod(data)
torch.Tensor[...]       # Network output

Convert a Rockpool parameter dictionary to a torch parameter dictionary

>>> mod = SomeRockpoolTorchModule()
>>> mod.parameters()
{
    'param0': value,   # Rockpool parameter dictionary
    'param1': value,
    ...
}

>>> mod.parameters().astorch()
<generator of parameters>   # Torch parameter generator

Attributes overview

`T_destination`
`call_super_init`
`class_name`	Class name of `self`
`dump_patches`
`full_name`	The full name of this module (class plus module name)
`name`	The name of this module, or an empty string if `None`
`shape`	The shape of this module
`size`	(DEPRECATED) The output size of this module
`size_in`	The input size of this module
`size_out`	The output size of this module
`spiking_input`	If `True`, this module receives spiking input.
`spiking_output`	If `True`, this module sends spiking output.
`training`

Methods overview

`__init__`([retain_torch_api])	Initialise this module
`add_module`(name, module)	Adds a child module to the current module.
`apply`(fn)	Applies `fn` recursively to every submodule (as returned by `.children()`) as well as self.
`as_graph`()	Convert this module to a computational graph
`attributes_named`(name)	Search for attributes of this or submodules by time
`bfloat16`()	Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to `bfloat16` datatype.
`buffers`([recurse])	Returns an iterator over module buffers.
`children`()	Returns an iterator over immediate children modules.
`cpu`()	Moves all model parameters and buffers to the CPU.
`cuda`([device])	Moves all model parameters and buffers to the GPU.
`double`()	Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to `double` datatype.
`eval`()	Sets the module in evaluation mode.
`evolve`(input_data[, record])	Implement the Rockpool low-level evolution API
`extra_repr`()	Set the extra representation of the module
`float`()	Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to `float` datatype.
`forward`(*input)	Defines the computation performed at every call.
`from_torch`(obj[, retain_torch_api])	Convert a torch module into a Rockpool `TorchModule` in-place
`get_buffer`(target)	Returns the buffer given by `target` if it exists, otherwise throws an error.
`get_extra_state`()	Returns any extra state to include in the module's state_dict.
`get_parameter`(target)	Returns the parameter given by `target` if it exists, otherwise throws an error.
`get_submodule`(target)	Returns the submodule given by `target` if it exists, otherwise throws an error.
`half`()	Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to `half` datatype.
`ipu`([device])	Moves all model parameters and buffers to the IPU.
`json_to_param`(jparam)
`load`(fn)
`load_state_dict`(state_dict[, strict])	Copies parameters and buffers from `state_dict` into this module and its descendants.
`merge`(a, b)
`modules`(args, *kwargs)	Return a dictionary of all sub-modules of this module
`named_buffers`([prefix, recurse, ...])	Returns an iterator over module buffers, yielding both the name of the buffer as well as the buffer itself.
`named_children`()	Returns an iterator over immediate children modules, yielding both the name of the module as well as the module itself.
`named_modules`([memo, prefix, remove_duplicate])	Returns an iterator over all modules in the network, yielding both the name of the module as well as the module itself.
`named_parameters`([prefix, recurse, ...])	Returns an iterator over module parameters, yielding both the name of the parameter as well as the parameter itself.
`param_to_json`(param)
`parameters`([family])	Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule Parameters
`register_backward_hook`(hook)	Registers a backward hook on the module.
`register_buffer`(name, tensor[, persistent])	Adds a buffer to the module.
`register_forward_hook`(hook, *[, prepend, ...])	Registers a forward hook on the module.
`register_forward_pre_hook`(hook, *[, ...])	Registers a forward pre-hook on the module.
`register_full_backward_hook`(hook[, prepend])	Registers a backward hook on the module.
`register_full_backward_pre_hook`(hook[, prepend])	Registers a backward pre-hook on the module.
`register_load_state_dict_post_hook`(hook)	Registers a post hook to be run after module's `load_state_dict` is called.
`register_module`(name, module)	Alias for `add_module()`.
`register_parameter`(name, param)	Adds a parameter to the module.
`register_state_dict_pre_hook`(hook)	These hooks will be called with arguments: `self`, `prefix`, and `keep_vars` before calling `state_dict` on `self`.
`requires_grad_`([requires_grad])	Change if autograd should record operations on parameters in this module.
`reset_parameters`()	Reset all parameters in this module
`reset_state`()	Reset the state of this module
`save`(fn)
`set_attributes`(new_attributes)	Set the attributes and sub-module attributes from a dictionary
`set_extra_state`(state)	This function is called from `load_state_dict()` to handle any extra state found within the `state_dict`.
`share_memory`()	See `torch.Tensor.share_memory_()`
`simulation_parameters`([family])	Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule SimulationParameters
`state`([family])	Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule States
`state_dict`(*args[, destination, prefix, ...])	Returns a dictionary containing references to the whole state of the module.
`timed`([output_num, dt, add_events])	Convert this module to a `TimedModule`
`to`(args, *kwargs)	Moves and/or casts the parameters and buffers.
`to_empty`(*, device)	Moves the parameters and buffers to the specified device without copying storage.
`to_json`()
`to_torch`([use_torch_call])	Convert the module to use the torch.nn.Module API
`train`([mode])	Sets the module in training mode.
`type`(dst_type)	Casts all parameters and buffers to `dst_type`.
`xpu`([device])	Moves all model parameters and buffers to the XPU.
`zero_grad`([set_to_none])	Sets gradients of all model parameters to zero.

T_destination = ~T_destination

__init__(retain_torch_api: bool = False, *args, **kwargs)[source]

Initialise this module

You must override this method to initialise your module.

Parameters:

*args –
**kwargs –

_abc_impl = <_abc._abc_data object>

_apply(fn)

_auto_batch(data: Tensor, states: Tuple = (), target_shapes: Tuple | None = None) → Tuple[Tensor, Tuple[Tensor]][source]

Automatically replicate states over batches and verify input dimensions

Usage:

>>> data, (state0, state1, state2) = self._auto_batch(data, (self.state0, self.state1, self.state2))

This will verify that data has the correct final dimension (i.e. self.size_in). If data has only two dimensions (T, Nin), then it will be augmented to (1, T, Nin). The individual states will be replicated out from shape (a, b, c, ...) to (n_batches, a, b, c, ...) and returned.

Parameters:

data (torch.Tensor) – Input data tensor. Either (batches, T, Nin) or (T, Nin)
states (Tuple) – Tuple of state variables. Each will be replicated out over batches by prepending a batch dimension

Returns:

(torch.Tensor, Tuple[torch.Tensor]) data, states

_backward_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_backward_pre_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_buffers: Dict[str, Tensor | None]

_call_impl(*args, **kwargs)

_force_set_attributes: (bool) If True, do not sanity-check attributes when setting.

_forward_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_forward_hooks_with_kwargs: Dict[int, bool]

_forward_pre_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_forward_pre_hooks_with_kwargs: Dict[int, bool]

_get_attribute_family(type_name: str, family: Tuple | List | str | None = None) → dict[source]

Search for attributes of this module and submodules that match a given family

This method can be used to conveniently get all weights for a network; or all time constants; or any other family of parameters. Parameter families are defined simply by a string: "weights" for weights; "taus" for time constants, etc. These strings are arbitrary, but if you follow the conventions then future developers will thank you (that includes you in six month’s time).

Parameters:

type_name (str) – The class of parameters to search for. Must be one of ["Parameter", "SimulationParameter", "State"] or another future subclass of ParameterBase
family (Union[str, Tuple[str]]) – A string or list or tuple of strings, that define one or more attribute families to search for

Returns:

A nested dictionary of attributes that match the provided type_name and family

Return type:

dict

_get_attribute_registry() → Tuple[Dict, Dict]

Return or initialise the attribute registry for this module

Returns:: registered_attributes, registered_modules
Return type:: (tuple)

_get_backward_hooks(): Returns the backward hooks for use in the call function. It returns two lists, one with the full backward hooks and one with the non-full backward hooks.

_get_backward_pre_hooks()

_get_name()

_has_registered_attribute(name: str) → bool

Check if the module has a registered attribute

Parameters:: name (str) – The name of the attribute to check
Returns:: True if the attribute name is in the attribute registry, False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

_in_Module_init: (bool) If exists and True, indicates that the module is in the __init__ chain.

_is_full_backward_hook: bool | None

_load_from_state_dict(state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict, missing_keys, unexpected_keys, error_msgs)

Copies parameters and buffers from state_dict into only this module, but not its descendants. This is called on every submodule in load_state_dict(). Metadata saved for this module in input state_dict is provided as local_metadata. For state dicts without metadata, local_metadata is empty. Subclasses can achieve class-specific backward compatible loading using the version number at local_metadata.get("version", None).

Note

state_dict is not the same object as the input state_dict to load_state_dict(). So it can be modified.

Parameters:

state_dict (dict) – a dict containing parameters and persistent buffers.
prefix (str) – the prefix for parameters and buffers used in this module
local_metadata (dict) – a dict containing the metadata for this module. See
strict (bool) – whether to strictly enforce that the keys in state_dict with prefix match the names of parameters and buffers in this module
missing_keys (list of str) – if strict=True, add missing keys to this list
unexpected_keys (list of str) – if strict=True, add unexpected keys to this list
error_msgs (list of str) – error messages should be added to this list, and will be reported together in load_state_dict()

_load_state_dict_post_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_load_state_dict_pre_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_maybe_warn_non_full_backward_hook(inputs, result, grad_fn)

_modules: Dict[str, 'Module' | None]

_name: str | None: Name of this module, if assigned

_named_members(get_members_fn, prefix='', recurse=True, remove_duplicate: bool = True): Helper method for yielding various names + members of modules.

_non_persistent_buffers_set: Set[str]

_parameters: Dict[str, Parameter | None]

_register_attribute(name: str, val: ParameterBase)

Record an attribute in the attribute registry

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the attribute to register
val (ParameterBase) – The ParameterBase subclass object to register. e.g. Parameter, SimulationParameter or State.

_register_load_state_dict_pre_hook(hook, with_module=False)

These hooks will be called with arguments: state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict, missing_keys, unexpected_keys, error_msgs, before loading state_dict into self. These arguments are exactly the same as those of _load_from_state_dict.

If with_module is True, then the first argument to the hook is an instance of the module.

Parameters:

hook (Callable) – Callable hook that will be invoked before loading the state dict.
with_module (bool, optional) – Whether or not to pass the module instance to the hook as the first parameter.

_register_module(name: str, mod)[source]

Add a submodule to the module registry

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the submodule, extracted from the assigned attribute name
mod (TorchModule) – The submodule to register

Raises:

ValueError – If the assigned submodule is not a TorchModule

_register_state_dict_hook(hook): These hooks will be called with arguments: self, state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, after the state_dict of self is set. Note that only parameters and buffers of self or its children are guaranteed to exist in state_dict. The hooks may modify state_dict inplace or return a new one.

_replicate_for_data_parallel()

_reset_attribute(name: str) → ModuleBase[source]

Reset an attribute to its initialisation value

Parameters:: name (str) – The name of the attribute to reset
Returns:: For compatibility with the functional API
Return type:: self (Module)

_save_to_state_dict(destination, prefix, keep_vars)

Saves module state to destination dictionary, containing a state of the module, but not its descendants. This is called on every submodule in state_dict().

In rare cases, subclasses can achieve class-specific behavior by overriding this method with custom logic.

Parameters:

destination (dict) – a dict where state will be stored
prefix (str) – the prefix for parameters and buffers used in this module

_shape: The shape of this module

_slow_forward(*input, **kwargs)

_spiking_input: bool: Whether this module receives spiking input

_spiking_output: bool: Whether this module produces spiking output

_state_dict_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_state_dict_pre_hooks: Dict[int, Callable]

_submodulenames: List[str]: Registry of sub-module names

_version: int = 1

This allows better BC support for load_state_dict(). In state_dict(), the version number will be saved as in the attribute _metadata of the returned state dict, and thus pickled. _metadata is a dictionary with keys that follow the naming convention of state dict. See _load_from_state_dict on how to use this information in loading.

If new parameters/buffers are added/removed from a module, this number shall be bumped, and the module’s _load_from_state_dict method can compare the version number and do appropriate changes if the state dict is from before the change.

_wrap_recorded_state(recorded_dict: dict, t_start: float) → Dict[str, TimeSeries]

Convert a recorded dictionary to a TimeSeries representation

This method is optional, and is provided to make the timed() conversion to a TimedModule work better. You should override this method in your custom Module, to wrap each element of your recorded state dictionary as a TimeSeries

Parameters:

state_dict (dict) – A recorded state dictionary as returned by evolve()
t_start (float) – The initial time of the recorded state, to use as the starting point of the time series

Returns:

The mapped recorded state dictionary, wrapped as TimeSeries objects

Return type:

Dict[str, TimeSeries]

add_module(name: str, module: Module | None) → None

Adds a child module to the current module.

The module can be accessed as an attribute using the given name.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the child module. The child module can be accessed from this module using the given name
module (Module) – child module to be added to the module.

apply(fn: Callable[[Module], None]) → T

Applies fn recursively to every submodule (as returned by .children()) as well as self. Typical use includes initializing the parameters of a model (see also nn-init-doc).

Parameters:: fn (Module -> None) – function to be applied to each submodule
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

Example:

>>> @torch.no_grad()
>>> def init_weights(m):
>>>     print(m)
>>>     if type(m) == nn.Linear:
>>>         m.weight.fill_(1.0)
>>>         print(m.weight)
>>> net = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(2, 2), nn.Linear(2, 2))
>>> net.apply(init_weights)
Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
Parameter containing:
tensor([[1., 1.],
        [1., 1.]], requires_grad=True)
Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
Parameter containing:
tensor([[1., 1.],
        [1., 1.]], requires_grad=True)
Sequential(
  (0): Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
  (1): Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
)

as_graph() → GraphModuleBase

Convert this module to a computational graph

Returns:: The computational graph corresponding to this module
Return type:: GraphModuleBase
Raises:: NotImplementedError – If as_graph() is not implemented for this subclass

attributes_named(name: Tuple[str] | List[str] | str) → dict

Search for attributes of this or submodules by time

Parameters:: name (Union[str, Tuple[str]) – The name of the attribute to search for
Returns:: A nested dictionary of attributes that match name
Return type:: dict

bfloat16() → T

Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to bfloat16 datatype.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

buffers(recurse: bool = True) → Iterator[Tensor]

Returns an iterator over module buffers.

Parameters:: recurse (bool) – if True, then yields buffers of this module and all submodules. Otherwise, yields only buffers that are direct members of this module.
Yields:: torch.Tensor – module buffer

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> for buf in model.buffers():
>>>     print(type(buf), buf.size())
<class 'torch.Tensor'> (20L,)
<class 'torch.Tensor'> (20L, 1L, 5L, 5L)

call_super_init: bool = False

children() → Iterator[Module]

Returns an iterator over immediate children modules.

Yields:: Module – a child module

property class_name: str

Class name of self

Type:: str

cpu() → T

Moves all model parameters and buffers to the CPU.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

cuda(device: int | device | None = None) → T

Moves all model parameters and buffers to the GPU.

This also makes associated parameters and buffers different objects. So it should be called before constructing optimizer if the module will live on GPU while being optimized.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Parameters:: device (int, optional) – if specified, all parameters will be copied to that device
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

double() → T

Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to double datatype.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

dump_patches: bool = False

eval() → T

Sets the module in evaluation mode.

This has any effect only on certain modules. See documentations of particular modules for details of their behaviors in training/evaluation mode, if they are affected, e.g. Dropout, BatchNorm, etc.

This is equivalent with self.train(False).

See locally-disable-grad-doc for a comparison between eval() and several similar mechanisms that may be confused with it.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

evolve(input_data, record: bool = False) → Tuple[Any, Any, Any][source]

Implement the Rockpool low-level evolution API

evolve() is provided by TorchModule to connect the Rockpool low-level API to the Torch API (i.e. forward() etc.). You should not override evolve() if using TorchModule directly, but should implement the Torch API to perform evaluation of the module.

evolve() will automatically set the _record flag according to the input argument to evolve(). You can use this within your forward() method, and should build a dictionary _record_dict. This will be returned automatically from evolve(), if requested.

Parameters:

input_data – This might be a numpy array or Torch tensor, containing the input data to evolve over
record (bool) – Iff True, return a dictionary of state variables as record_dict, containing the time series of those state variables over evolution. Default: False, do not record state during evolution

Returns:

(output_data, new_states, record_dict): output_data is the output from the TorchModule, probably as a torch Tensor. new_states is a dictionary containing the updated state for this module, post evolution. If the record argument is True, record_dict is a dictionary containing the recorded state variables for this and all submodules, recorded over evolution.

Return type:

(array, dict, dict)

extra_repr() → str

Set the extra representation of the module

To print customized extra information, you should re-implement this method in your own modules. Both single-line and multi-line strings are acceptable.

float() → T

Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to float datatype.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

forward(*input: Any) → None

Defines the computation performed at every call.

Should be overridden by all subclasses.

Note

Although the recipe for forward pass needs to be defined within this function, one should call the Module instance afterwards instead of this since the former takes care of running the registered hooks while the latter silently ignores them.

classmethod from_torch(obj: Module, retain_torch_api: bool = False) → None[source]

Convert a torch module into a Rockpool TorchModule in-place

Parameters:

obj (torch.nn.Module) – Torch module to convert to a Rockpool
retain_torch_api (bool) – If True, calling the resulting module will use the Torch API. Default: False, convert the module to the Rockpool low-level API for __call__().

property full_name: str

The full name of this module (class plus module name)

Type:: str

get_buffer(target: str) → Tensor

Returns the buffer given by target if it exists, otherwise throws an error.

See the docstring for get_submodule for a more detailed explanation of this method’s functionality as well as how to correctly specify target.

Parameters:: target – The fully-qualified string name of the buffer to look for. (See get_submodule for how to specify a fully-qualified string.)
Returns:: The buffer referenced by target
Return type:: torch.Tensor
Raises:: AttributeError – If the target string references an invalid path or resolves to something that is not a buffer

get_extra_state() → Any

Returns any extra state to include in the module’s state_dict. Implement this and a corresponding set_extra_state() for your module if you need to store extra state. This function is called when building the module’s state_dict().

Note that extra state should be picklable to ensure working serialization of the state_dict. We only provide provide backwards compatibility guarantees for serializing Tensors; other objects may break backwards compatibility if their serialized pickled form changes.

Returns:: Any extra state to store in the module’s state_dict
Return type:: object

get_parameter(target: str) → Parameter

Returns the parameter given by target if it exists, otherwise throws an error.

See the docstring for get_submodule for a more detailed explanation of this method’s functionality as well as how to correctly specify target.

Parameters:: target – The fully-qualified string name of the Parameter to look for. (See get_submodule for how to specify a fully-qualified string.)
Returns:: The Parameter referenced by target
Return type:: torch.nn.Parameter
Raises:: AttributeError – If the target string references an invalid path or resolves to something that is not an nn.Parameter

get_submodule(target: str) → Module

Returns the submodule given by target if it exists, otherwise throws an error.

For example, let’s say you have an nn.Module A that looks like this:

A(
    (net_b): Module(
        (net_c): Module(
            (conv): Conv2d(16, 33, kernel_size=(3, 3), stride=(2, 2))
        )
        (linear): Linear(in_features=100, out_features=200, bias=True)
    )
)

(The diagram shows an nn.Module A. A has a nested submodule net_b, which itself has two submodules net_c and linear. net_c then has a submodule conv.)

To check whether or not we have the linear submodule, we would call get_submodule("net_b.linear"). To check whether we have the conv submodule, we would call get_submodule("net_b.net_c.conv").

The runtime of get_submodule is bounded by the degree of module nesting in target. A query against named_modules achieves the same result, but it is O(N) in the number of transitive modules. So, for a simple check to see if some submodule exists, get_submodule should always be used.

Parameters:: target – The fully-qualified string name of the submodule to look for. (See above example for how to specify a fully-qualified string.)
Returns:: The submodule referenced by target
Return type:: torch.nn.Module
Raises:: AttributeError – If the target string references an invalid path or resolves to something that is not an nn.Module

half() → T

Casts all floating point parameters and buffers to half datatype.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

ipu(device: int | device | None = None) → T

Moves all model parameters and buffers to the IPU.

This also makes associated parameters and buffers different objects. So it should be called before constructing optimizer if the module will live on IPU while being optimized.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Parameters:: device (int, optional) – if specified, all parameters will be copied to that device
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

json_to_param(jparam)[source]

load(fn)[source]

load_state_dict(state_dict: Mapping[str, Any], strict: bool = True)

Copies parameters and buffers from state_dict into this module and its descendants. If strict is True, then the keys of state_dict must exactly match the keys returned by this module’s state_dict() function.

Parameters:

state_dict (dict) – a dict containing parameters and persistent buffers.
strict (bool, optional) – whether to strictly enforce that the keys in state_dict match the keys returned by this module’s state_dict() function. Default: True

Returns:

missing_keys is a list of str containing the missing keys
unexpected_keys is a list of str containing the unexpected keys

Return type:

NamedTuple with missing_keys and unexpected_keys fields

Note

If a parameter or buffer is registered as None and its corresponding key exists in state_dict, load_state_dict() will raise a RuntimeError.

merge(a, b)[source]

modules(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Return a dictionary of all sub-modules of this module

Returns:: A dictionary containing all sub-modules. Each item will be named with the sub-module name.
Return type:: dict

property name: str

The name of this module, or an empty string if None

Type:: str

named_buffers(prefix: str = '', recurse: bool = True, remove_duplicate: bool = True) → Iterator[Tuple[str, Tensor]]

Returns an iterator over module buffers, yielding both the name of the buffer as well as the buffer itself.

Parameters:

prefix (str) – prefix to prepend to all buffer names.
recurse (bool, optional) – if True, then yields buffers of this module and all submodules. Otherwise, yields only buffers that are direct members of this module. Defaults to True.
remove_duplicate (bool, optional) – whether to remove the duplicated buffers in the result. Defaults to True.

Yields:

(str, torch.Tensor) – Tuple containing the name and buffer

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> for name, buf in self.named_buffers():
>>>     if name in ['running_var']:
>>>         print(buf.size())

named_children() → Iterator[Tuple[str, Module]]

Returns an iterator over immediate children modules, yielding both the name of the module as well as the module itself.

Yields:: (str, Module) – Tuple containing a name and child module

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> for name, module in model.named_children():
>>>     if name in ['conv4', 'conv5']:
>>>         print(module)

named_modules(memo: Set[Module] | None = None, prefix: str = '', remove_duplicate: bool = True)

Returns an iterator over all modules in the network, yielding both the name of the module as well as the module itself.

Parameters:

memo – a memo to store the set of modules already added to the result
prefix – a prefix that will be added to the name of the module
remove_duplicate – whether to remove the duplicated module instances in the result or not

Yields:

(str, Module) – Tuple of name and module

Note

Duplicate modules are returned only once. In the following example, l will be returned only once.

Example:

>>> l = nn.Linear(2, 2)
>>> net = nn.Sequential(l, l)
>>> for idx, m in enumerate(net.named_modules()):
...     print(idx, '->', m)

0 -> ('', Sequential(
  (0): Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
  (1): Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
))
1 -> ('0', Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True))

named_parameters(prefix: str = '', recurse: bool = True, remove_duplicate: bool = True) → Iterator[Tuple[str, Parameter]]

Returns an iterator over module parameters, yielding both the name of the parameter as well as the parameter itself.

Parameters:

prefix (str) – prefix to prepend to all parameter names.
recurse (bool) – if True, then yields parameters of this module and all submodules. Otherwise, yields only parameters that are direct members of this module.
remove_duplicate (bool, optional) – whether to remove the duplicated parameters in the result. Defaults to True.

Yields:

(str, Parameter) – Tuple containing the name and parameter

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> for name, param in self.named_parameters():
>>>     if name in ['bias']:
>>>         print(param.size())

param_to_json(param)[source]

parameters(family: Tuple | List | str | None = None) → Dict

Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule Parameters

Use this method to inspect the Parameters from this and all submodules. The optional argument family allows you to search for Parameters in a particular family — for example "weights" for all weights of this module and nested submodules.

Although the family argument is an arbitrary string, reasonable choises are "weights", "taus" for time constants, "biases" for biases…

Examples

Obtain a dictionary of all Parameters for this module (including submodules):

>>> mod.parameters()
dict{ ... }

Obtain a dictionary of Parameters from a particular family:

>>> mod.parameters("weights")
dict{ ... }

Parameters:: family (str) – The family of Parameters to search for. Default: None; return all parameters.
Returns:: A nested dictionary of Parameters of this module and all submodules
Return type:: dict

register_backward_hook(hook: Callable[[Module, Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor, Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor], None | Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor]) → RemovableHandle

Registers a backward hook on the module.

This function is deprecated in favor of register_full_backward_hook() and the behavior of this function will change in future versions.

Returns:: a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()
Return type:: torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_buffer(name: str, tensor: Tensor, persistent: bool = True, *args, **kwargs) → None[source]

Adds a buffer to the module.

This is typically used to register a buffer that should not to be considered a model parameter. For example, BatchNorm’s running_mean is not a parameter, but is part of the module’s state. Buffers, by default, are persistent and will be saved alongside parameters. This behavior can be changed by setting persistent to False. The only difference between a persistent buffer and a non-persistent buffer is that the latter will not be a part of this module’s state_dict.

Buffers can be accessed as attributes using given names.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the buffer. The buffer can be accessed from this module using the given name
tensor (Tensor or None) – buffer to be registered. If None, then operations that run on buffers, such as cuda, are ignored. If None, the buffer is not included in the module’s state_dict.
persistent (bool) – whether the buffer is part of this module’s state_dict.

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> self.register_buffer('running_mean', torch.zeros(num_features))

register_forward_hook(hook: Callable[[T, Tuple[Any, ...], Any], Any | None] | Callable[[T, Tuple[Any, ...], Dict[str, Any], Any], Any | None], *, prepend: bool = False, with_kwargs: bool = False) → RemovableHandle

Registers a forward hook on the module.

The hook will be called every time after forward() has computed an output.

If with_kwargs is False or not specified, the input contains only the positional arguments given to the module. Keyword arguments won’t be passed to the hooks and only to the forward. The hook can modify the output. It can modify the input inplace but it will not have effect on forward since this is called after forward() is called. The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, args, output) -> None or modified output

If with_kwargs is True, the forward hook will be passed the kwargs given to the forward function and be expected to return the output possibly modified. The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, args, kwargs, output) -> None or modified output

Parameters:

hook (Callable) – The user defined hook to be registered.
prepend (bool) – If True, the provided hook will be fired before all existing forward hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Otherwise, the provided hook will be fired after all existing forward hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Note that global forward hooks registered with register_module_forward_hook() will fire before all hooks registered by this method. Default: False
with_kwargs (bool) – If True, the hook will be passed the kwargs given to the forward function. Default: False

Returns:

a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()

Return type:

torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_forward_pre_hook(hook: Callable[[T, Tuple[Any, ...]], Any | None] | Callable[[T, Tuple[Any, ...], Dict[str, Any]], Tuple[Any, Dict[str, Any]] | None], *, prepend: bool = False, with_kwargs: bool = False) → RemovableHandle

Registers a forward pre-hook on the module.

The hook will be called every time before forward() is invoked.

If with_kwargs is false or not specified, the input contains only the positional arguments given to the module. Keyword arguments won’t be passed to the hooks and only to the forward. The hook can modify the input. User can either return a tuple or a single modified value in the hook. We will wrap the value into a tuple if a single value is returned (unless that value is already a tuple). The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, args) -> None or modified input

If with_kwargs is true, the forward pre-hook will be passed the kwargs given to the forward function. And if the hook modifies the input, both the args and kwargs should be returned. The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, args, kwargs) -> None or a tuple of modified input and kwargs

Parameters:

hook (Callable) – The user defined hook to be registered.
prepend (bool) – If true, the provided hook will be fired before all existing forward_pre hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Otherwise, the provided hook will be fired after all existing forward_pre hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Note that global forward_pre hooks registered with register_module_forward_pre_hook() will fire before all hooks registered by this method. Default: False
with_kwargs (bool) – If true, the hook will be passed the kwargs given to the forward function. Default: False

Returns:

a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()

Return type:

torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_full_backward_hook(hook: Callable[[Module, Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor, Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor], None | Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor], prepend: bool = False) → RemovableHandle

Registers a backward hook on the module.

The hook will be called every time the gradients with respect to a module are computed, i.e. the hook will execute if and only if the gradients with respect to module outputs are computed. The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, grad_input, grad_output) -> tuple(Tensor) or None

The grad_input and grad_output are tuples that contain the gradients with respect to the inputs and outputs respectively. The hook should not modify its arguments, but it can optionally return a new gradient with respect to the input that will be used in place of grad_input in subsequent computations. grad_input will only correspond to the inputs given as positional arguments and all kwarg arguments are ignored. Entries in grad_input and grad_output will be None for all non-Tensor arguments.

For technical reasons, when this hook is applied to a Module, its forward function will receive a view of each Tensor passed to the Module. Similarly the caller will receive a view of each Tensor returned by the Module’s forward function.

Warning

Modifying inputs or outputs inplace is not allowed when using backward hooks and will raise an error.

Parameters:

hook (Callable) – The user-defined hook to be registered.
prepend (bool) – If true, the provided hook will be fired before all existing backward hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Otherwise, the provided hook will be fired after all existing backward hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Note that global backward hooks registered with register_module_full_backward_hook() will fire before all hooks registered by this method.

Returns:

a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()

Return type:

torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_full_backward_pre_hook(hook: Callable[[Module, Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor], None | Tuple[Tensor, ...] | Tensor], prepend: bool = False) → RemovableHandle

Registers a backward pre-hook on the module.

The hook will be called every time the gradients for the module are computed. The hook should have the following signature:

hook(module, grad_output) -> Tensor or None

The grad_output is a tuple. The hook should not modify its arguments, but it can optionally return a new gradient with respect to the output that will be used in place of grad_output in subsequent computations. Entries in grad_output will be None for all non-Tensor arguments.

For technical reasons, when this hook is applied to a Module, its forward function will receive a view of each Tensor passed to the Module. Similarly the caller will receive a view of each Tensor returned by the Module’s forward function.

Warning

Modifying inputs inplace is not allowed when using backward hooks and will raise an error.

Parameters:

hook (Callable) – The user-defined hook to be registered.
prepend (bool) – If true, the provided hook will be fired before all existing backward_pre hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Otherwise, the provided hook will be fired after all existing backward_pre hooks on this torch.nn.modules.Module. Note that global backward_pre hooks registered with register_module_full_backward_pre_hook() will fire before all hooks registered by this method.

Returns:

a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()

Return type:

torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_load_state_dict_post_hook(hook)

Registers a post hook to be run after module’s load_state_dict is called.

It should have the following signature::: hook(module, incompatible_keys) -> None

The module argument is the current module that this hook is registered on, and the incompatible_keys argument is a NamedTuple consisting of attributes missing_keys and unexpected_keys. missing_keys is a list of str containing the missing keys and unexpected_keys is a list of str containing the unexpected keys.

The given incompatible_keys can be modified inplace if needed.

Note that the checks performed when calling load_state_dict() with strict=True are affected by modifications the hook makes to missing_keys or unexpected_keys, as expected. Additions to either set of keys will result in an error being thrown when strict=True, and clearing out both missing and unexpected keys will avoid an error.

Returns:: a handle that can be used to remove the added hook by calling handle.remove()
Return type:: torch.utils.hooks.RemovableHandle

register_module(name: str, module: Module | None) → None: Alias for add_module().

register_parameter(name: str, param: Parameter) → None[source]

Adds a parameter to the module.

The parameter can be accessed as an attribute using given name.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the parameter. The parameter can be accessed from this module using the given name
param (Parameter or None) – parameter to be added to the module. If None, then operations that run on parameters, such as cuda, are ignored. If None, the parameter is not included in the module’s state_dict.

register_state_dict_pre_hook(hook): These hooks will be called with arguments: self, prefix, and keep_vars before calling state_dict on self. The registered hooks can be used to perform pre-processing before the state_dict call is made.

requires_grad_(requires_grad: bool = True) → T

Change if autograd should record operations on parameters in this module.

This method sets the parameters’ requires_grad attributes in-place.

This method is helpful for freezing part of the module for finetuning or training parts of a model individually (e.g., GAN training).

See locally-disable-grad-doc for a comparison between requires_grad_() and several similar mechanisms that may be confused with it.

Parameters:: requires_grad (bool) – whether autograd should record operations on parameters in this module. Default: True.
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

reset_parameters()

Reset all parameters in this module

Returns:: The updated module is returned for compatibility with the functional API
Return type:: Module

reset_state() → ModuleBase

Reset the state of this module

Returns:: The updated module is returned for compatibility with the functional API
Return type:: Module

save(fn)[source]

set_attributes(new_attributes: dict) → ModuleBase

Set the attributes and sub-module attributes from a dictionary

This method can be used with the dictionary returned from module evolution to set the new state of the module. It can also be used to set multiple parameters of a module and submodules.

Examples

Use the functional API to evolve, obtain new states, and set those states:

>>> _, new_state, _ = mod(input)
>>> mod = mod.set_attributes(new_state)

Obtain a parameter dictionary, modify it, then set the parameters back:

>>> params = mod.parameters()
>>> params['w_input'] *= 0.
>>> mod.set_attributes(params)

Parameters:: new_attributes (dict) – A nested dictionary containing parameters of this module and sub-modules.

set_extra_state(state: Any)

This function is called from load_state_dict() to handle any extra state found within the state_dict. Implement this function and a corresponding get_extra_state() for your module if you need to store extra state within its state_dict.

Parameters:: state (dict) – Extra state from the state_dict

property shape: tuple

The shape of this module

Type:: tuple

share_memory() → T: See torch.Tensor.share_memory_()

simulation_parameters(family: Tuple | List | str | None = None) → Dict

Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule SimulationParameters

Use this method to inspect the SimulationParameters from this and all submodules. The optional argument family allows you to search for SimulationParameters in a particular family.

Examples

Obtain a dictionary of all SimulationParameters for this module (including submodules):

>>> mod.simulation_parameters()
dict{ ... }

Parameters:: family (str) – The family of SimulationParameters to search for. Default: None; return all SimulationParameter attributes.
Returns:: A nested dictionary of SimulationParameters of this module and all submodules
Return type:: dict

property size: int

(DEPRECATED) The output size of this module

Type:: int

property size_in: int

The input size of this module

Type:: int

property size_out: int

The output size of this module

Type:: int

property spiking_input: bool

If True, this module receives spiking input. If False, this module expects continuous input.

Type:: bool

property spiking_output

If True, this module sends spiking output. If False, this module sends continuous output.

Type:: bool

state(family: Tuple | List | str | None = None) → Dict

Return a nested dictionary of module and submodule States

Use this method to inspect the States from this and all submodules. The optional argument family allows you to search for States in a particular family.

Examples

Obtain a dictionary of all States for this module (including submodules):

>>> mod.state()
dict{ ... }

Parameters:: family (str) – The family of States to search for. Default: None; return all State attributes.
Returns:: A nested dictionary of States of this module and all submodules
Return type:: dict

state_dict(*args, destination=None, prefix='', keep_vars=False)

Returns a dictionary containing references to the whole state of the module.

Both parameters and persistent buffers (e.g. running averages) are included. Keys are corresponding parameter and buffer names. Parameters and buffers set to None are not included.

Note

The returned object is a shallow copy. It contains references to the module’s parameters and buffers.

Warning

Currently state_dict() also accepts positional arguments for destination, prefix and keep_vars in order. However, this is being deprecated and keyword arguments will be enforced in future releases.

Warning

Please avoid the use of argument destination as it is not designed for end-users.

Parameters:

destination (dict, optional) – If provided, the state of module will be updated into the dict and the same object is returned. Otherwise, an OrderedDict will be created and returned. Default: None.
prefix (str, optional) – a prefix added to parameter and buffer names to compose the keys in state_dict. Default: ''.
keep_vars (bool, optional) – by default the Tensor s returned in the state dict are detached from autograd. If it’s set to True, detaching will not be performed. Default: False.

Returns:

a dictionary containing a whole state of the module

Return type:

dict

Example:

>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars")
>>> module.state_dict().keys()
['bias', 'weight']

timed(output_num: int = 0, dt: float | None = None, add_events: bool = False)

Convert this module to a TimedModule

Parameters:

output_num (int) – Specify which output of the module to take, if the module returns multiple output series. Default: 0, take the first (or only) output.
dt (float) – Used to provide a time-step for this module, if the module does not already have one. If self already defines a time-step, then self.dt will be used. Default: None
add_events (bool) – Iff True, the TimedModule will add events occurring on a single timestep on input and output. Default: False, don’t add time steps.

Returns: TimedModule: A timed module that wraps this module

to(*args, **kwargs)

Moves and/or casts the parameters and buffers.

This can be called as

to(device=None, dtype=None, non_blocking=False)

to(dtype, non_blocking=False)

to(tensor, non_blocking=False)

to(memory_format=torch.channels_last)

Its signature is similar to torch.Tensor.to(), but only accepts floating point or complex dtypes. In addition, this method will only cast the floating point or complex parameters and buffers to dtype (if given). The integral parameters and buffers will be moved device, if that is given, but with dtypes unchanged. When non_blocking is set, it tries to convert/move asynchronously with respect to the host if possible, e.g., moving CPU Tensors with pinned memory to CUDA devices.

See below for examples.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Parameters:

device (torch.device) – the desired device of the parameters and buffers in this module
dtype (torch.dtype) – the desired floating point or complex dtype of the parameters and buffers in this module
tensor (torch.Tensor) – Tensor whose dtype and device are the desired dtype and device for all parameters and buffers in this module
memory_format (torch.memory_format) – the desired memory format for 4D parameters and buffers in this module (keyword only argument)

Returns:

self

Return type:

Module

Examples:

>>> # xdoctest: +IGNORE_WANT("non-deterministic")
>>> linear = nn.Linear(2, 2)
>>> linear.weight
Parameter containing:
tensor([[ 0.1913, -0.3420],
        [-0.5113, -0.2325]])
>>> linear.to(torch.double)
Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
>>> linear.weight
Parameter containing:
tensor([[ 0.1913, -0.3420],
        [-0.5113, -0.2325]], dtype=torch.float64)
>>> # xdoctest: +REQUIRES(env:TORCH_DOCTEST_CUDA1)
>>> gpu1 = torch.device("cuda:1")
>>> linear.to(gpu1, dtype=torch.half, non_blocking=True)
Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
>>> linear.weight
Parameter containing:
tensor([[ 0.1914, -0.3420],
        [-0.5112, -0.2324]], dtype=torch.float16, device='cuda:1')
>>> cpu = torch.device("cpu")
>>> linear.to(cpu)
Linear(in_features=2, out_features=2, bias=True)
>>> linear.weight
Parameter containing:
tensor([[ 0.1914, -0.3420],
        [-0.5112, -0.2324]], dtype=torch.float16)

>>> linear = nn.Linear(2, 2, bias=None).to(torch.cdouble)
>>> linear.weight
Parameter containing:
tensor([[ 0.3741+0.j,  0.2382+0.j],
        [ 0.5593+0.j, -0.4443+0.j]], dtype=torch.complex128)
>>> linear(torch.ones(3, 2, dtype=torch.cdouble))
tensor([[0.6122+0.j, 0.1150+0.j],
        [0.6122+0.j, 0.1150+0.j],
        [0.6122+0.j, 0.1150+0.j]], dtype=torch.complex128)

to_empty(*, device: str | device) → T

Moves the parameters and buffers to the specified device without copying storage.

Parameters:: device (torch.device) – The desired device of the parameters and buffers in this module.
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

to_json()[source]

to_torch(use_torch_call: bool = True)[source]

Convert the module to use the torch.nn.Module API

This method exposes the torch API for .__call__(), .parameters() and .__repr__() methods, recursively. By default, .__call__() is only replaced on the top-level module. This is to ensure that the nested .forward() methods do not break.

Parameters:: use_torch_call (bool) – Use the torch-type __call__() method for this object
Returns:: The converted object

train(mode: bool = True) → T

Sets the module in training mode.

This has any effect only on certain modules. See documentations of particular modules for details of their behaviors in training/evaluation mode, if they are affected, e.g. Dropout, BatchNorm, etc.

Parameters:: mode (bool) – whether to set training mode (True) or evaluation mode (False). Default: True.
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

training: bool

type(dst_type: dtype | str) → T

Casts all parameters and buffers to dst_type.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Parameters:: dst_type (type or string) – the desired type
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

xpu(device: int | device | None = None) → T

Moves all model parameters and buffers to the XPU.

This also makes associated parameters and buffers different objects. So it should be called before constructing optimizer if the module will live on XPU while being optimized.

Note

This method modifies the module in-place.

Parameters:: device (int, optional) – if specified, all parameters will be copied to that device
Returns:: self
Return type:: Module

zero_grad(set_to_none: bool = True) → None

Sets gradients of all model parameters to zero. See similar function under torch.optim.Optimizer for more context.

Parameters:: set_to_none (bool) – instead of setting to zero, set the grads to None. See torch.optim.Optimizer.zero_grad() for details.