Previously, two conditions were necessary to enable differentiable programming:
- Using the `-enable-experimental-differentiable-programming` frontend flag.
- Importing the `_Differentiation` module.
Importing the `_Differentiation` module is the true condition because it
contains the required compiler-known `Differentiable` protocol. The frontend
flag is redundant and cumbersome.
Now, the frontend flag is removed.
Importing `_Differentiation` is the only condition.
The `@derivative` attribute registers a function as a derivative of another
function-like declaration: a `func`, `init`, `subscript`, or `var` computed
property declaration.
The `@derivative` attribute also has an optional `wrt:` clause specifying the
parameters that are differentiated "with respect to", i.e. the differentiation
parameters. The differentiation parameters must conform to the `Differentiable`
protocol.
If the `wrt:` clause is unspecified, the differentiation parameters are inferred
to be all parameters that conform to `Differentiable`.
`@derivative` attribute type-checking verifies that the type of the derivative
function declaration is consistent with the type of the referenced original
declaration and the differentiation parameters.
The `@derivative` attribute is gated by the
`-enable-experimental-differentiable-programming` flag.
Resolves TF-829.
Adds parsing for a type attribute `@differentiable`, which is optionally allowed to have argument `@differentiable(linear)`.
The typechecker currently rejects all uses of `@differentiable` with "error: attribute does not apply to type". Future work (https://bugs.swift.org/browse/TF-871https://bugs.swift.org/browse/TF-873) will update the typechecker to allow this attribute in places where it is allowed.
Resolves https://bugs.swift.org/browse/TF-822.
