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pytorch/c10/core/SymNodeImpl.cpp
Edward Z. Yang 1ff52225f1 Unify SymIntNode and SymFloatNode into SymNode (#87817)
This refactor was prompted by challenges handling mixed int/float
operations in C++.  A previous version of this patch
added overloads for each permutation of int/float and was unwieldy
https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/87722/  This PR takes a different
approach.

The general outline of the patch is to combine the C++ types SymIntNode
and SymFloatNode into a single type, SymNode.  This is type erased; we
no longer know statically at C++ if we have an int/float and have to test
it with the is_int()/is_float() virtual methods.  This has a number of
knock on effects.

- We no longer have C++ classes to bind to Python.  Instead, we take an
  entirely new approach to our Python API, where we have a SymInt/SymFloat
  class defined entirely in Python, which hold a SymNode (which corresponds
  to the C++ SymNode).  However, SymNode is not pybind11-bound; instead,
  it lives as-is in Python, and is wrapped into C++ SymNode using PythonSymNode
  when it goes into C++.  This implies a userland rename.

  In principle, it is also possible for the canonical implementation of SymNode
  to be written in C++, and then bound to Python with pybind11 (we have
  this code, although it is commented out.)  However, I did not implement
  this as we currently have no C++ implementations of SymNode.

  Because we do return SymInt/SymFloat from C++ bindings, the C++ binding
  code needs to know how to find these classes.  Currently, this is done
  just by manually importing torch and getting the attributes.

- Because SymInt/SymFloat are easy Python wrappers, __sym_dispatch__ now
  takes SymInt/SymFloat, rather than SymNode, bringing it in line with how
  __torch_dispatch__ works.

Some miscellaneous improvements:

- SymInt now has a constructor that takes SymNode.  Note that this
  constructor is ambiguous if you pass in a subclass of SymNode,
  so an explicit downcast is necessary.  This means toSymFloat/toSymInt
  are no more.  This is a mild optimization as it means rvalue reference
  works automatically.

- We uniformly use the caster for c10::SymInt/SymFloat, rather than
  going the long way via the SymIntNode/SymFloatNode.

- Removed some unnecessary toSymInt/toSymFloat calls in normalize_*
  functions, pretty sure this doesn't do anything.

- guard_int is now a free function, since to guard on an int you cannot
  assume the method exists.  A function can handle both int and SymInt
  inputs.

- We clean up the magic method definition code for SymInt/SymFloat/SymNode.
  ONLY the user classes (SymInt/SymFloat) get magic methods; SymNode gets
  plain methods; this is to help avoid confusion between the two types.

Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@fb.com>

cc @jansel @mlazos @soumith @voznesenskym @yanboliang @penguinwu @anijain2305
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/87817
Approved by: https://github.com/albanD, https://github.com/anjali411
2022-10-27 20:56:02 +00:00

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#include <c10/core/SymNodeImpl.h>
namespace c10 {} // namespace c10