def combine(self, *pointers):
"""This method will combine the child pointer with another list of pointers
Args:
*pointers a list of pointers to be combined into a MultiPointerTensor
"""
assert isinstance(self.child, PointerTensor)
ps = list(pointers)
ps.append(self)
return syft.combine_pointers(*ps)
def combine(self, *pointers):
"""This method will combine the child pointer with another list of pointers
Args:
*pointers a list of pointers to be combined into a MultiPointerTensor
"""
if not isinstance(self.child, PointerTensor):
raise TypeError("child should be a PointerTensor")
ps = list(pointers)
ps.append(self)
return syft.combine_pointers(*ps)
def test_combine_pointers(workers):
"""
Ensure that the sy.combine_pointers works as expected
"""
bob = workers["bob"]
alice = workers["alice"]
x = th.tensor([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).send(bob)
y = th.tensor([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).send(alice)
a = sy.combine_pointers(*[x, y])
b = a + a
c = b.get(sum_results=True)
assert (c == th.tensor([4, 8, 12, 16, 20])).all()
b = a + a
c = b.get(sum_results=False)
assert len(c) == 2
assert (c[0] == th.tensor([2, 4, 6, 8, 10])).all
