tf.config.run_functions_eagerly

Enables / disables eager execution of tf.functions.

tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(
    run_eagerly
)

Used in the notebooks

Used in the guide

Calling tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(True) will make all invocations of tf.function run eagerly instead of running as a traced graph function. This can be useful for debugging. As the code now runs line-by-line, you can add arbitrary print messages or pdb breakpoints to monitor the inputs/outputs of each Tensorflow operation. However, you should avoid using this for actual production because it significantly slows down execution.

def my_func(a):
 print(f'a: {a}')
 return a + a
a_fn = tf.function(my_func)
 
# A side effect the first time the function is traced
# In tracing time, `a` is printed with shape and dtype only
a_fn(tf.constant(1))
a: Tensor("a:0", shape=(), dtype=int32)
<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=int32, numpy=2>
 
# `print` is a python side effect, it won't execute as the traced function
# is called
a_fn(tf.constant(2))
<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=int32, numpy=4>
 
# Now, switch to eager running
tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(True)
# The code now runs eagerly and the actual value of `a` is printed
a_fn(tf.constant(2))
a: 2
<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=int32, numpy=4>
 
# Turn this back off
tf.config.run_functions_eagerly(False)

run_eagerly Boolean. Whether to run functions eagerly.