Method makeVariable

tfjs-core/src/engine.ts:856–870

(
      initialValue: Tensor, trainable = true, name?: string,
      dtype?: DataType)

  }

  makeVariable(
      initialValue: Tensor, trainable = true, name?: string,
      dtype?: DataType): Variable {
    name = name || this.nextVariableId().toString();
    if (dtype != null && dtype !== initialValue.dtype) {
      initialValue = initialValue.cast(dtype);
    }
    const v = new Variable(initialValue, trainable, name, this.nextTensorId());
    if (this.state.registeredVariables[v.name] != null) {
      throw new Error(`Variable with name ${v.name} was already registered`);
    }
    this.state.registeredVariables[v.name] = v;
    this.incRef(v, this.backend);
    return v;
  }

  trackTensor(a: Tensor, backend: KernelBackend): void {
    this.state.numTensors++;