Unsupported datatype used in parser only {float16, bfloat16,

Error message

Unsupported datatype used in parser only {float16, bfloat16, or float32}

What it means

Error "Unsupported datatype used in parser only {float16, bfloat16, or float32}" thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/projects/centernet/dataloaders/centernet_input.py:98

    Raises:
      Exception: if datatype is not supported.
    """
    self._output_width = output_width
    self._output_height = output_height
    self._max_num_instances = max_num_instances
    self._bgr_ordering = bgr_ordering
    self._channel_means = channel_means
    self._channel_stds = channel_stds

    if dtype == 'float16':
      self._dtype = tf.float16
    elif dtype == 'bfloat16':
      self._dtype = tf.bfloat16
    elif dtype == 'float32':
      self._dtype = tf.float32
    else:
      raise Exception(
          'Unsupported datatype used in parser only '
          '{float16, bfloat16, or float32}')

    # Data augmentation.
    self._aug_rand_hflip = aug_rand_hflip
    self._aug_scale_min = aug_scale_min
    self._aug_scale_max = aug_scale_max
    self._aug_rand_saturation = aug_rand_saturation
    self._aug_rand_brightness = aug_rand_brightness
    self._aug_rand_hue = aug_rand_hue
    self._aug_rand_contrast = aug_rand_contrast
    self._odapi_augmentation = odapi_augmentation

  def _build_label(self,
                   boxes,
                   classes,
                   image_info,
                   unpad_image_shape,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/projects/centernet/dataloaders/centernet_input.py:98 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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