DALI Release 0.21.0 Beta
The DALI 0.21.0 is a beta release, therefore, all features, functionality, and performance will likely be limited.
Using DALI 0.21.0 Beta
To upgrade to DALI 0.21.0 beta from an older version of DALI, follow the installation instructions in the DALI Quick Start Guide.
Refer to the DALI Developer Guide for usage details.
Key Features and Enhancements
This DALI release includes the following key features and enhancements.
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Introduced experimental Functional API ( 1598)
- Operators can be used directly with a single call, no need to create an instance with a constructor.
- ◦DALI pipeline can be used in Context Manager.
- ◦There is no need to subclass Pipeline.
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Simplified usage of ExternalSource (#1598, #1832) - it accepts callbacks or generators as a parameter.
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Added Python 3.8 build and support (#1782.
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Allowed seed to be set for serialized pipeline (#1844)
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New operators: