tensorflowpython-importtf-slim

Why use "slim = tf.contrib.slim" instead of import slim normally?

In most tensorflow slim tutorials, slim module is loaded using,

slim = tf.contrib.slim

it does not seem making any difference (am I missing anything?), if I do 

from tensorflow.contrib import slim

Is there any particular reason that we want to use 'slim = tf.contrib.slim' instead of 'import'?

Solution

  • There isn't a difference between the

    slim = tf.contrib.slim

    and 

    from tensorflow.contrib import slim

    I believe that the former is used to avoid writing the entire tensorflow name.