dtypes

DType dataclass

DType(
    priority: int,
    itemsize: int,
    name: str,
    fmt: Optional[str],
    count: int,
    _scalar: Optional[DType],
)

dtypes

Methods:

• is_float –
• is_int –
• is_unsigned –
• from_py –
• as_const –
• min –
• max –
• finfo –

  (exponent, mantissa)

• fields –
• imageh –
• imagef –

Attributes:

• void (Final[DType]) –
• bool (Final[DType]) –
• int8 (Final[DType]) –
• uint8 (Final[DType]) –
• int16 (Final[DType]) –
• uint16 (Final[DType]) –
• int32 (Final[DType]) –
• uint32 (Final[DType]) –
• int64 (Final[DType]) –
• uint64 (Final[DType]) –
• float16 (Final[DType]) –
• bfloat16 (Final[DType]) –
• float32 (Final[DType]) –
• float64 (Final[DType]) –
• half –
• float –
• double –
• uchar –
• ushort –
• uint –
• ulong –
• char –
• short –
• int –
• long –
• default_float (DType) –
• default_int (DType) –
• floats –
• uints –
• sints –
• ints –

void

void: Final[DType] = new(-1, 0, 'void', None)

bool

bool: Final[DType] = new(0, 1, 'bool', '?')

int8

int8: Final[DType] = new(1, 1, 'signed char', 'b')

uint8

uint8: Final[DType] = new(2, 1, 'unsigned char', 'B')

int16

int16: Final[DType] = new(3, 2, 'short', 'h')

uint16

uint16: Final[DType] = new(4, 2, 'unsigned short', 'H')

int32

int32: Final[DType] = new(5, 4, 'int', 'i')

uint32

uint32: Final[DType] = new(6, 4, 'unsigned int', 'I')

int64

int64: Final[DType] = new(7, 8, 'long', 'q')

uint64

uint64: Final[DType] = new(8, 8, 'unsigned long', 'Q')

float16

float16: Final[DType] = new(9, 2, 'half', 'e')

bfloat16

bfloat16: Final[DType] = new(10, 2, '__bf16', None)

float32

float32: Final[DType] = new(11, 4, 'float', 'f')

float64

float64: Final[DType] = new(12, 8, 'double', 'd')

half

half = float16

float

float = float32

double

double = float64

uchar

uchar = uint8

ushort

ushort = uint16

uint

uint = uint32

ulong

ulong = uint64

char

char = int8

short

short = int16

int

int = int32

long

long = int64

default_float

default_float: DType = float32

default_int

default_int: DType = int32

floats

floats = (float16, bfloat16, float32, float64)

uints

uints = (uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64)

sints

sints = (int8, int16, int32, int64)

ints

ints = uints + sints

is_float

is_float(x: DType) -> bool

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
@functools.lru_cache(None)
def is_float(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in dtypes.floats or isinstance(x, ImageDType)

is_int

is_int(x: DType) -> bool

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod # static methds on top, or bool in the type info will refer to dtypes.bool
@functools.lru_cache(None)
def is_int(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in dtypes.ints

is_unsigned

is_unsigned(x: DType) -> bool

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
@functools.lru_cache(None)
def is_unsigned(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in dtypes.uints

from_py

from_py(x) -> DType

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def from_py(x) -> DType:
  if x.__class__ is float: return dtypes.default_float
  if x.__class__ is int: return dtypes.default_int
  if x.__class__ is bool: return dtypes.bool
  # put this in the last is faster because there are more items than lists/tuples to check
  if x.__class__ is list or x.__class__ is tuple: return max(dtypes.from_py(xi) for xi in x) if x else dtypes.default_float
  raise RuntimeError(f"Could not infer dtype of {x} with type {type(x)}")

as_const

as_const(
    val: Tuple[ConstType, ...] | ConstType, dtype: DType
)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def as_const(val: Tuple[ConstType, ...]|ConstType, dtype:DType):
  if isinstance(val, tuple):
    assert len(val) == dtype.count, f"mismatch {val} {dtype}"
    return tuple(dtypes.as_const(x, dtype) for x in val)
  # TODO: should truncate here
  return int(val) if dtypes.is_int(dtype) else float(val) if dtypes.is_float(dtype) else bool(val)

min

min(dtype: DType)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
@functools.lru_cache(None)
def min(dtype:DType):
  if dtypes.is_int(dtype): return 0 if dtypes.is_unsigned(dtype) else -2**(dtype.itemsize*8-1)
  return -float("inf") if dtypes.is_float(dtype) else False

max

max(dtype: DType)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
@functools.lru_cache(None)
def max(dtype:DType):
  if dtypes.is_int(dtype): return (2**(dtype.itemsize*8-(0 if dtypes.is_unsigned(dtype) else 1)))-1
  return float("inf") if dtypes.is_float(dtype) else True

finfo

finfo(dtype: DType) -> Tuple[int, int]

(exponent, mantissa)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def finfo(dtype:DType) -> Tuple[int, int]:
  """(exponent, mantissa)"""
  if not dtypes.is_float(dtype): raise ValueError(f"{dtype} is not a floating point type")
  return {dtypes.float16: (5, 10), dtypes.bfloat16: (8, 7), dtypes.float32: (8, 23), dtypes.float64: (11, 52)}[dtype]

fields

fields() -> Dict[str, DType]

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def fields() -> Dict[str, DType]: return DTYPES_DICT

imageh

imageh(shp)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def imageh(shp): return ImageDType(100, 2, "imageh", 'e', 1, None, dtypes.float32, False, 1, shp)

imagef

imagef(shp)

Source code in tinygrad/dtype.py

@staticmethod
def imagef(shp): return ImageDType(100, 4, "imagef", 'f', 1, None, dtypes.float32, False, 1, shp)

ConstType module-attribute

ConstType = Union[float, int, bool]