tensorflow/models · error · AssertionError

Invalid dtype: %s

Error message

Invalid dtype: %s

What it means

Error "Invalid dtype: %s" thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/ops/decoding_module.py:307

                      state: Dict[str, Any]) -> tf.Tensor:
    """Calculate the finished flags."""
    pass

  def inf(self):
    """Returns a value close to infinity, but is still finite in `dtype`.

    This is useful to get a very large value that is still zero when multiplied
    by zero. The floating-point "Inf" value is NaN when multiplied by zero.

    Returns:
      A very large value.
    """
    if self.dtype == dtypes.float32 or self.dtype == dtypes.bfloat16:
      return 1e7
    elif self.dtype == dtypes.float16:
      return dtypes.float16.max
    else:
      raise AssertionError("Invalid dtype: %s" % self.dtype)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/ops/decoding_module.py:307 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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