tensorflow/models · error · KeyError

Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`.

Error message

Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`.

What it means

Error "Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`." thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/modeling/hyperparams/params_dict.py:294

        for t in tokenized_params:
          v = v[t]
        return tokenized_params[-1], v

    def _get_kvs(tokens, params_dict):
      if len(tokens) != 2:
        raise ValueError('Only support binary relation in restriction.')
      stripped_tokens = [t.strip() for t in tokens]
      left_k, left_v = _get_kv(stripped_tokens[0], params_dict)
      right_k, right_v = _get_kv(stripped_tokens[1], params_dict)
      return left_k, left_v, right_k, right_v

    params_dict = self.as_dict()
    for restriction in self._restrictions:
      if '==' in restriction:
        tokens = restriction.split('==')
        _, left_v, _, right_v = _get_kvs(tokens, params_dict)
        if left_v != right_v:
          raise KeyError(
              'Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`.'.format(
                  tokens[0], tokens[1]))
      elif '!=' in restriction:
        tokens = restriction.split('!=')
        _, left_v, _, right_v = _get_kvs(tokens, params_dict)
        if left_v == right_v:
          raise KeyError(
              'Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`.'.format(
                  tokens[0], tokens[1]))
      elif '<=' in restriction:
        tokens = restriction.split('<=')
        _, left_v, _, right_v = _get_kvs(tokens, params_dict)
        if left_v > right_v:
          raise KeyError(
              'Found inconsistency between key `{}` and key `{}`.'.format(
                  tokens[0], tokens[1]))
      elif '<' in restriction:
        tokens = restriction.split('<')

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/modeling/hyperparams/params_dict.py:294 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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