class ParamSyncRule(object):
    """
    Abstract parameter synchronisation rule.

    This abstract class defines the interface that should be followed by
    implementations of parameter synchronization rules for distributed
    training.
    """
    def make_update_function(self, local_params):
        """Return a function that will be called with the current value of the
        master parameters and should update them inplace.  This
        function must also update the values of local_params (that are
        shared values) as a side effect.
        """
        try:
            f = self.theano_update(local_params)
            def update(master_params, f=f):
                new_master_values = f(*master_params)
                for p, v in zip(master_params, new_master_values):
                    p[:] = v
        except NotImplementedError:
            def update(master_params, local_params=local_params,
                       update_params=self.update_params):
                local_param_values = [p.get_value() for p in local_params]
                update_params(local_params_value, master_params)
                for p, v in zip(local_params, local_param_values):
                    p.set_value(v)
        return update

    def theano_update(self, local_params):
        """Compile and return a theano function that will update the local
        params and return new values for the master params.

        This function is preferred to update_params below.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def update_params(self, local_params, master_params):
        """Perform an inplace update of the local and master params according
        to some update rule.

        This function need not be implemented if theano_update is
        overridden.

        """
        raise NotImplementedError()


class EASGD(ParamSyncRule):
    """
    Implementation of the EASGD parameter sync rule.

    According to this rule, every N iterations, a worker synchronises his
    parameters with the master parameters. This is done by moving each set of
    parameters toward the other by an amount proportional to the difference
    between the individual params (this proportion is parametrized by `alpha`).

    The sync equations are as follow:
    diff = w_worker - w_master
    w_worker = w_worker - alpha * diff
    w_master = w_master + alpha * diff

    NOTE : if alpha=0 is used, there is no synchronization of the
    parameters meaning that each worker is independently training using SGD.

    This algorithm is described in more details in the following paper:
    http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.6651
    """
    def __init__(self, alpha):
        self.set_alpha(alpha)

    def get_alpha(self):
        return self.alpha

    def set_alpha(self, alpha):
        self.alpha = alpha

    def theano_update(self, local_params):
        import theano
        master_inps = [l.type() for l in local_params]
        master_ups = []
        local_ups = []
        for p_local, p_master in zip(local_params, master_inps):
            diff = self.alpha * (p_local - p_master)
            local_ups.append(p_local - diff)
            master_ups.append(p_master + diff)
        return theano.function(master_inps, master_ups,
                               updates=zip(local_params, local_ups))

    def update_params(self, local_params, master_params):
        for p_local, p_master in zip(local_params, master_params):
            diff = self.alpha * (p_local - p_master)
            p_local -= diff
            p_master += diff

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+        # Theano is imported here to avoid a strong dependancy on it.%0A
         import t

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