To create a new experiment-specific configuration variable, define extra_parameters
in your experiment.py
file:
def extra_parameters():
config.register('n', int, [], False)
Here, 'n'
is a string with the name of the parameter, int
is its type, []
is a list of synonyms that be used to access the same parameter, and False
is a boolean signifying that this configuration parameter is not sensitive and can be saved in plain text. Once defined in this way, a parameter can be used anywhere that built-in parameters are used.
An optional validators
parameter can also be passed, which must be either None or a list of callables that take a single argument (the value of the config) and may raise a ValueError
describing why the value is invalid.