Stops common_utils.py from setting the default tensor type (to torch.DoubleTensor) (#27444)
Summary:
This PR stop common_utils.py from setting the default tensor type when it's imported. See issue https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/27355. This is a frequent source of confusion for test writers.
Many tests relied on this setting (whether they knew it or not), and this PR also updates the test suite to pass without common_utils.py setting the default tensor type. Some larger test files now set the default floating dtype themselves, however. These test files are:
- test_autograd.py
- test_distributions.py
- test_jit.py
- test_nn.py
This is still a significant improvement from today, however. First, these files set the default floating dtype much more clearly than importing it from common_utils. Second, the rest of the test suite no longer sets this globally. Third, this PR is a springboard to updating those tests, too. In particular, as tests are made generic they can be moved aways from relying on this global setting.
Notable technical changes in this PR are:
- Significant updates to test_torch.py to make it pass without setting the default floating dtype globally.
- The default_floating_dtype decorator is now defined in common_utils, a couple versions of this operator were defined in test files previously.
- test_torch-specific parts of common_utils were refactored into test_torch.
- tensor creation methods in common_utils were updated to accept an optional dtype and device.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/27444
Differential Revision: D17795235
Pulled By: mruberry
fbshipit-source-id: 7f77271c0c836e69f183ad9057a2c4b29f09d2e1
