test_base.py
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import gpflow
import numpy as np
import pytest
import tensorflow as tf
from gpflow.utilities import positive
from gpflow.base import _cast_to_dtype
def test_parameter_assign_validation():
with pytest.raises(tf.errors.InvalidArgumentError):
param = gpflow.Parameter(0.0, transform=positive())
param = gpflow.Parameter(0.1, transform=positive())
param.assign(0.2)
with pytest.raises(tf.errors.InvalidArgumentError):
param.assign(0.0)
def test_cast_to_dtype_precision_issue():
"""
TensorFlow's tf.cast(value, dtype) implicitly does a tf.convert_to_tensor(value)
*before* the cast when the value is not a tensor already. When value is a python float,
this results in the following behaviour:
>>> tf.cast(0.2, tf.float64)
<tf.Tensor: id=37, shape=(), dtype=float64, numpy=0.20000000298023224>
instead of the expected expansion of 0.2 to float64 precision that you get when
passing in an object that already carries dtype information, such as a numpy array
(which has float64 precision by default):
>>> tf.cast(np.array(0.2), tf.float64)
<tf.Tensor: id=40, shape=(), dtype=float64, numpy=0.2>
This affected *all* gpflow.Parameter objects, resulting in numerical discrepancies
between GPflow 1 and 2, due to the pass through _cast_to_dtype, which is now fixed.
This is the corresponding regression test.
"""
p = gpflow.Parameter(0.2, dtype=np.float64)
actual_value = p.numpy()
assert actual_value.dtype == np.float64
expected_value = np.float64(0.2)
assert actual_value == expected_value